HB 1916 Virginia House of Delegates · 2019 Regular Session

State agencies and employees; break time and location for employees to express breast milk.

Summary
Requires the Department of Human Resource Management to develop state personnel policies that provide break time for nursing mothers to express breast milk. Such policies shall require an agency to provide (i) a reasonable break time that, if possible, runs concurrently with any break time already provided for an employee to express breast milk for her nursing child after the child's birth each time such employee has need to express the breast milk and (ii) a place, other than a bathroom, that is shielded from view and free from intrusion from coworkers and the public and that may be used by an employee to express breast milk.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2019
Committee Review
Feb 2019
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2019
Senate Passage
Feb 2019
Signed into Law
Mar 2019
Introduced Jan 4, 2019 Signed Mar 8, 2019
Floor votes · Senate Feb 19, 2019

How they voted

340
Passed
Total votes 34
Feb 19, 2019
D Democratic14
14 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican20
20 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
26
Key actions
7
Committee
9
Amendments
3
Mar 8, 2019
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 280 (effective 7/1/19)
executive
Feb 21, 2019
Introduced
Senate amendment agreed to by House (99-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 20, 2019
Introduced
Engrossed by Senate as amended
upper
Feb 20, 2019
Upper · Passed
Committee amendment agreed to
upper
Feb 20, 2019
Introduced
Reading of amendment waived
upper
Feb 19, 2019
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (34-0)
senate
Feb 6, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
upper
Feb 5, 2019
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 4, 2019
Lower · Passed
Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1916H1
lower
Feb 4, 2019
Lower · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 19106363D-H1
lower
Feb 1, 2019
Committee
Assigned App. sub: General Government & Capital Outlay
lower
Jan 31, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee on Appropriations
lower
Jan 29, 2019
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
lower
Jan 10, 2019
Committee
Assigned C & L sub: Subcommittee #1
lower
Jan 4, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
lower
Jan 4, 2019
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19100046D
lower
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor

Sponsors