00          CS FOR SPONSOR SUBSTITUTE FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 190(HES)                                                         
01 "An Act relating to break times for employees who nurse a child."                                                       
02 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
03    * Section 1.  AS 23.10 is amended by adding a new section to article 7 to read:                                    
04            Sec. 23.10.450. Nursing mothers. (a) An employer shall provide reasonable                                  
05       unpaid break time up to three times each day to an employee who is the nursing                                    
06       mother of a child 12 months of age or younger so that the employee may breastfeed or                              
07       express breast milk. The break time may run concurrently with other break time                                    
08       provided to the employee and must occur at times during the workday that reasonably                               
09       ensure the health and comfort of the mother and the child and allow the employee to                               
10       maintain breast milk supply.                                                                                      
11            (b)  An employer shall make a reasonable attempt to provide a private, sanitary                              
12       room or other location in close proximity to the work area, other than a toilet stall,                            
13       where the employee can express milk or breastfeed the child.                                                      
14            (c)  In this section, "employer" means a corporation, company, partnership,                                  
15       firm, association, organization, or sole proprietor, including the state and any political                        

01       subdivision of the state.