Existing law generally requires employers, including the superior court, to provide employees with the use of a lactation room or other location for employees to express milk in private, including, among other things, a clean and safe place to sit. Existing law requires the superior court, commencing July 1, 2026, to provide any court user access to a lactation room in any courthouse in which a lactation room is also provided to court employees, as specified.
This bill would authorize a court to designate a lactation room for court users that does not meet all of the requirements imposed upon an employer with respect to providing a lactation room for employees in order to provide the greatest number of court users with access to lactation rooms in as many courthouses as possible. The bill would require the Judicial Council to submit a report to the Legislature, beginning March 1, 2025, and annually thereafter, with information about the construction, installation, and renovation of lactation rooms in superior courts to comply with the above-described provisions, as specified. The bill would require the Judicial Council to submit the report until courts either fully comply with the above-described provisions requiring courts to provide access to lactation rooms for any court user, or until all funds previously appropriated by the Legislature for the purpose of compliance with those provisions are expended.

Statutes affected:
AB3280: 69894 GOV
05/16/24 - Amended Assembly: 69894 GOV, 69894 GOV
08/31/24 - Enrolled: 69894 GOV
09/12/24 - Chaptered: 69894 GOV