Bill Text: TX HB1558 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced

Texas House Bill 1558

Introduced

Bill Title: Relating to the expression of breast milk in public buildings and providing leave for state employees to donate breast milk.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-12-10 - Filed [HB1558 Detail]

Download: Texas-2025-HB1558-Introduced.html

	89R5946 LRM-D

	By: Goodwin	H.B. No. 1558



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the expression of breast milk in public buildings and
	providing leave for state employees to donate breast milk.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Chapter 443, Government Code, is amended by
	adding Section 443.0134 to read as follows:
	Sec. 443.0134. PLACE TO EXPRESS BREAST MILK. The board
	shall provide a place in the Capitol, other than a bathroom, that is
	shielded from view and free from intrusion of any person where a
	member of the public or an employee can express breast milk.
	SECTION 2. Section 619.004, Government Code, is amended to
	read as follows:
	Sec. 619.004. PUBLIC EMPLOYER RESPONSIBILITIES. (a) A
	public employer shall:
	(1) provide a reasonable amount of break time for an
	employee to express breast milk each time the employee has need to
	express the milk; and
	(2) provide a place, other than a [~~multiple user~~]
	bathroom, that is shielded from view and free from intrusion from
	other employees and the public where the employee can express
	breast milk.
	(b) A public employer that engages in or contracts for the
	construction or renovation of any building regularly occupied by
	members of the public shall ensure the building includes a publicly
	accessible place, other than a bathroom, that is shielded from view
	and free from intrusion of another person where a member of the
	public can express breast milk.
	SECTION 3. Subchapter Z, Chapter 661, Government Code, is
	amended by adding Section 661.925 to read as follows:
	Sec. 661.925. LEAVE FOR BREAST MILK DONORS. (a) A state
	agency shall allow each agency employee sufficient time off,
	without a deduction in salary or accrued leave, to donate breast
	milk.
	(b) An employee may not receive time off under this section
	unless the employee obtains approval from the employee's supervisor
	before taking time off.
	(c) An employee may receive time off under this section once
	a month.
	SECTION 4. As soon as practicable after the effective date
	of this Act, the State Preservation Board shall establish a place in
	the Capitol for a person to express breast milk as required by
	Section 443.0134, Government Code, as added by this Act.
	SECTION 5. Section 619.004(b), Government Code, as added by
	this Act, applies only to the construction or renovation of a
	building described by that section that begins on or after the
	effective date of this Act.
	SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.