AB 196 — Requires courthouses to contain lactation rooms for use by members of the public under certain circumstances. (BDR 1-734)

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196–ASSEMBLYWOMAN BENITEZ -THOMPSON M ARCH 4, 2021 ____________ Referred to Committee on Government Affairs SUMMARY—Requires courthouses to contain lactation rooms for use by members of the public under certain circumstances.

(BDR 1-734) FISCAL NOTE:

Effect on Local Government:

May have Fiscal Impact.

Effect on the State:

Yes.

CONTAINS UNFUNDED MANDATE (§ 1) (NOTR EQUESTED AFFECTEDLOCALGOVERNMENT) ~ EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new;

matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.

LegislativeLegiExisting Counsel’slaw Digest:requires each public body in this State to provide an employee who is the mother of a child under 1 year of age with a place, other than a bathroom, that is reasonably free from dirt or pollution, protected from the view of others and free from intrusion by others where the employee may express breast milk.

Existing law requires each public body in this State to provide an employee who is the mother of a child under 1 year of age with a place, other than a bathroom, that is reasonably free from dirt or pollution, protected from the view of others and free from intrusion by others where the employee may express breast milk.

(2) the courthouse does not have a room or other space that could be repurposedrequired orto privatizedprovide asthe a lactation room;room and the cost of the construction is unfeasible.

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This bill defines “lactation room” as a hygienic place, other than a bathroom, that:

-Additionally, *AB196_R1*section –1 2defines –“courthouse” Section 1.5 of this bill makes an appropriation from the State General Fund to the Interim Finance Committee for allocation as grantsany tobuilding municipalor courtscampus andwhich justicehouses courtsone foror themore costscourts. of complying with section 1.

Section 1.5 of this bill makes an appropriation from the State General Fund to justice courts and district courts for the costs of complying with section 1.

courts, EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new;

matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.

(1)- 81st Session (2021) – 2 – (2) A roomspace that could be repurposedmade asprivate at a lactationreasonable room;cost using portable materials;

or (2) A space that could be made private at a reasonable cost using portable materials;

As used in this section,section: “lactation room” means a hygienic place, other than a bathroom, that:

(a) Is“Courthouse” shieldedmeans fromany thebuilding viewor ofcampus others;which houses one or more courts.

(b) Is“Lactation freeroom” frommeans intrusiona byhygienic others;place, other than a bathroom, that:

and(1) (c)Is Contains:shielded from the view of others;

(1)(2) AIs chair;free from intrusion by others;

(2)and A(3) workingContains: surface;

and(I) (3)A Anchair; electrical outlet.

(III) An electrical outlet.

There is hereby appropriated from the State General Fund to the InterimAdministrative FinanceOffice Committeeof the Courts the sum of $500,000$50,000 for allocation pursuant to subsection 2 for the purpose of awarding grants of money to municipal courts, justice courts and justicedistrict courts for the costs of complying with section 1 of this act.

To the extent that money is available from the appropriation made by subsection 1, allocation of the money appropriated by subsection 1 as a grant is contingent upon matching money being provided by the court applying for such a grant from sources other than the appropriation made by subsection 1, including, without limitation, gifts, grants and donations to the court from private and - *AB196_R1* – 3 – public sources of money.

The InterimAdministrative FinanceOffice Committeeof the Courts shall not distribute any money from the appropriation made by subsection 1 until the court submits to the InterimAdministrative FinanceOffice Committeeof proofCourts satisfactory to the Committee that matching money in an equivalent amount has beenbeenof the committed.

(a) Prepare and transmit a report to the InterimAdministrative FinanceOffice Committeeof the Courts on or before December 16, 2022, that describes each expenditure made from the money allocated pursuant to subsection 2 from the date on which the money was received by the court through December 1, 2022;

- 81st Session (2021) – 3 – (b) Prepare and transmit a final report to the InterimAdministrative FinanceOffice Committeeof the Courts on or before September 15, 2023, that describes each expenditure made from the money allocated pursuant to subsection 2 from the date on which the money was received by the courtcou(c) throughUpon Junerequest 30,of 2023;the Legislative Commission, make available to the Legislative Auditor any of the books, accounts, claims, reports, vouchers or other records of information, confidential or otherwise, of the court, regardless of their form or location, that the Legislative Auditor deems necessary to conduct an audit of the use of the money allocated pursuant to subsection 2.

and (c) Upon request of the Legislative Commission, make available to the Legislative Auditor any of the books, accounts, claims, reports, vouchers or other records of information, confidential or otherwise, of the court, regardless of their form or location, that the Legislative Auditor deems necessary to conduct an audit of the use of the money allocated pursuant to subsection 2.

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