102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB5442
 
Introduced 1/31/2022, by Rep. Barbara Hernandez
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 

 
410 ILCS 140/1
410 ILCS 140/5
410 ILCS 140/10 new

     Amends the Lactation Accommodation in
Airports Act. Changes the short title of the Act to the Lactation Accommodation Act. Adds provisions requiring that the organizer of an outdoor public event that is attended by 1,000 or more attendees per day must have a designated enclosed area for members of the public to express breast milk in private that includes, at a minimum, a chair and an electrical outlet and is located outside of the confines of a public restroom.
  


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1    AN ACT concerning health.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
4    Section 5. The Lactation Accommodation in
Airports Act is 
5amended by changing Sections 1 and 5 and by adding Section 10 
6as follows:
 
7    (410 ILCS 140/1)

8    Sec. 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Lactation 
9Accommodation in
Airports Act.

10(Source: P.A. 99-228, eff. 1-1-16.)
 
11    (410 ILCS 140/5)

12    Sec. 5. Private place for nursing mothers; airports. 
13    (a) On or before January 1, 2017, the airport manager of an 
14airport operated by a city, county, city and county, or 
15airport district that conducts commercial operations and that 
16has more than 1,000,000 enplanements a year shall provide a 
17room or other location at each airport terminal behind the 
18airport security screening area for members of the public to 
19express breast milk in private that:
20        (1) includes, at a minimum, a chair and an electrical 
21    outlet; and
22        (2) is located outside of the confines of a public 
 
 
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1    restroom.
2    (b) An airport that conducts commercial operations with 
3fewer than 1,000,000 enplanements a year shall comply with 
4subsections (a) and (c) of this Section upon new terminal 
5construction or the replacement, expansion, or renovation of 
6an existing terminal.
7    (c) Upon construction of a new terminal or the 
8replacement, expansion, or renovation of an existing terminal, 
9an airport shall provide a sink in any room or other location 
10designated to comply with this Section.
11    (d) As used in this Section, "renovation of an existing 
12terminal" means the repurposing of more than 25% of the space 
13in the terminal.

14(Source: P.A. 99-228, eff. 1-1-16.)
 
15    (410 ILCS 140/10 new)
16    Sec. 10. Private place for nursing mothers; outdoor 
17events. The organizer of an outdoor public event that is 
18attended by 1,000 or more attendees per day must have a 
19designated enclosed area for members of the public to express

20breast milk in private that:
21        (1) includes, at a minimum, a chair and an electrical 
22    outlet; and
23        (2) is located outside of the confines of a public 
24    restroom.