00                             SENATE BILL NO. 42                                                                          
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 each day to an employee who is the nursing mother of a child so                                 
06       that the employee may breastfeed or express breast milk. The break time may run                                   
07       concurrently with other break time provided to the employee and must occur at times                               
08       during the workday that reasonably ensure the health and comfort of the mother and                                
09       the child and allow the employee to maintain breast milk supply.                                                  
10            (b)  An employer shall provide a private and sanitary room or other location in                              
11       close proximity to the work area, other than a toilet stall, where the employee can                               
12       express milk or breastfeed the child.                                                                             
13            (c)  Nothing in this section requires an employer to allow a child in the                                    
14       workplace at times other than break times.                                                                        
15            (d)  In this section, "employer" means a corporation, company, partnership,                                  
01       firm, association, organization, or sole proprietor, including the state and any political                        
02       subdivision of the state.