Rep. Katie Stuart
Filed: 3/14/2025
 
 

 
 

 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2522

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2522 by replacing 
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Nursing Mothers in the Workplace Act is 
5amended by changing Section 10 as follows:
 
6    (820 ILCS 260/10)
7    Sec. 10. Break time for nursing mothers. An employer shall 
8provide reasonable break time to an employee who needs to 
9express breast milk for her nursing infant child each time the 
10employee has the need to express milk for one year after the 
11child's birth. The break time may run concurrently with any 
12break time already provided to the employee. An employer shall 
13compensate the employee during the break time at the 
14employee's regular rate of compensation. An employer shall not 
15require the employee to use paid leave during the break time or 
16reduce the employee's compensation during the break time in 
 
 
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1any other manner. An employer may not reduce an employee's 
2compensation for time used for the purpose of expressing milk 
3or nursing a baby. An employer shall provide paid reasonable 
4break time as needed by the employee unless to do so would 
5create an undue hardship as defined by item (J) of Section 
62-102 of the Illinois Human Rights Act.
7(Source: P.A. 100-1003, eff. 8-21-18.)".