Pennsylvania 2025_0 Regular Session Status: In Committee 21 D cosponsors

HB 707 — An Act amending the act of July 8, 2007 (P.L.90, No.28), known as the Freedom to Breastfeed Act, providing for accommodation for breastfeeding in Commonwealth-owned buildings; and imposing duties on the Department of General Services.

Last action — Laid on the table, April 8, 2025

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    Introduced
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    In Committee
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    Passed House
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    Passed Senate
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill is in committee in the House. Introduced February 24, 2025. It must pass committee before a floor vote.

Next likely step: a committee vote, then a floor vote in the House.

Odds of enactment

Low chance

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Prognosis

Stalled 26% · moderate confidence

  • In Committee

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 21 sponsors

    1 primary, 20 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (21 D).

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Summary

Requiring Nursing Parents Rooms in State Buildings

Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

62 added · 69 removed

62 line(s) added, 69 removed.

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726 THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA HOUSE BILL Session of No.
1299 THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA HOUSE BILL Session of No.
707 2025 INTRODUCED BY MAYES, O'MARA, HILL-EVANS, GUENST, GIRAL, CEPEDA- FREYTIZ, SANCHEZ, KHAN, MALAGARI, HOHENSTEIN, STEELE, HOWARD, FLEMING, OTTEN, KENYATTA, GREEN AND CURRY, FEBRUARY 24, 2025 REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, FEBRUARY 24, 2025 AN ACT Amending the act of July 8, 2007 (P.L.90, No.28), entitled "An act permitting a mother the freedom to nurse her child in public;
707 2025 INTRODUCED BY MAYES, O'MARA, HILL-EVANS, GUENST, GIRAL, CEPEDA- FREYTIZ, SANCHEZ, KHAN, MALAGARI, HOHENSTEIN, STEELE, HOWARD, FLEMING, OTTEN, KENYATTA, GREEN, CURRY AND BOYD, FEBRUARY 24, 2025 AS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, APRIL 8, 2025 AN ACT Amending the act of July 8, 2007 (P.L.90, No.28), entitled "An act permitting a mother the freedom to nurse her child in considered a nuisance, indecent exposure, sexual conduct or obscenity," providing for accommodation for breastfeeding in Commonwealth-owned buildings;
and providing that breastfeeding may not be considered a nuisance, indecent exposure, sexual conduct or Commonwealth-owned buildings;
and imposing duties on the Department of General Services.
and imposing duties on theg in Department of General Services.
(4) Have a minimum of 80 50 net usable square feet.
(4) Have a minimum of 80 net usable square feet.
<-- (5) Provide visual and sound privacy to the space.
(5) Provide visual and sound privacy to the space.
20250HB0707PN1299 - 2 - (d) Signage.--The department shall provide signage in each Commonwealth-owned building showing the location of each nursing parents room within the Commonwealth-owned building.
(d) Signage.--The department shall provide signage in each 20250HB0707PN0726 - 2 - Commonwealth-owned building showing the location of each nursing parents room within the Commonwealth-owned building.
"Commonwealth-owned building." A building subject to the <-- control and supervision of the department in accordance with section 2402(a) of the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), known as The Administrative Code of 1929, a capital project administered by an executive agency of the Commonwealth or a capital project that the department delegates to another agency or institution.
"Commonwealth-owned building." A building subject to the control and supervision of the department in accordance with section 2402(a) of the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), known as The Administrative Code of 1929, a capital project administered by an executive agency of the Commonwealth or a capital project that the department delegates to another agency or institution.
"COMMONWEALTH-OWNED BUILDING." THE STATE CAPITOL, THE <-- GOVERNOR'S RESIDENCE, THE PENNSYLVANIA JUDICIAL CENTER, THE STATE MUSEUM AND ANY BUILDING TITLED TO THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA IN WHICH THE PUBLIC COMES TO OBTAIN SERVICES FROM THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA.
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Action History

  1. Laid on the table, April 8, 2025

  2. First consideration, April 8, 2025

  3. Reported as amended, April 8, 2025

  4. Referred to STATE GOVERNMENT, Feb. 24, 2025

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1 sponsors · 20 co-sponsors · 232 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (20)

Not signed on (232)

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Frequently asked questions

What does HB 707 do?
Requiring Nursing Parents Rooms in State Buildings
Who sponsors HB 707?
HB 707 is sponsored by La'Tasha D. Mayes (Democratic), Jennifer O'Mara (Democratic), Carol Hill-Evans (Democratic), Nancy Guenst (Democratic), Jose Giral (Democratic), Benjamin V. Sanchez (Democratic), Tarik Khan (Democratic), Steven R. Malagari (Democratic), Joseph C. Hohenstein (Democratic), Mandy Steele (Democratic), Kristine C. Howard (Democratic), Justin C. Fleming (Democratic), Danielle Friel Otten (Democratic), G. Roni Green (Democratic), Gina H. Curry (Democratic), Heather Boyd (Democratic), Tim Brennan (Democratic), MaryLouise Isaacson (Democratic), Johanny Cepeda-Freytiz (Democratic), Malcolm Kenyatta (Democratic), and Morgan Cephas (Democratic).
What is the current status of HB 707?
This bill is in committee in the House. Introduced February 24, 2025. It must pass committee before a floor vote.
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