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 Bill Status of SB1029  93rd General Assembly


Short Description:  BREAST FEEDING; WORK; JURY

Senate Sponsors
Sen. Mattie Hunter

Last Action
DateChamber Action
  1/11/2005SenateSession Sine Die

Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance
705 ILCS 305/10.2from Ch. 78, par. 10.2
705 ILCS 310/10from Ch. 78, par. 33
705 ILCS 315/1from Ch. 78, par. 36
725 ILCS 5/112-6from Ch. 38, par. 112-6
725 ILCS 5/115-4from Ch. 38, par. 115-4
775 ILCS 5/5-102.1 new
820 ILCS 140/3.5 new


Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the Jury Act and the Jury Commission Act. Provides that, upon a mother's statement that she is breast feeding and her request to be excused from jury service, she shall be excused from jury service unless it is found that her statement is false. Amends the Jury Secrecy Act and the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Permits a juror who is the mother of an infant to bring the infant into the courtroom where the jury is hearing testimony and deliberating on a verdict for the purpose of caring for and breast feeding that infant. Amends the Public Accommodations Article of the Illinois Human Rights Act. Provides that it is a civil rights violation to prohibit a woman from breast feeding an infant in a place of public accommodation. Amends the One Day Rest in Seven Act. Provides that an employer must provide reasonable unpaid break time each day to an employee who needs to express breast milk for her infant child if the break time would not unduly disrupt the operation of the employer. Encourages employers to make reasonable efforts to provide a room or other location, in close proximity to the work area, other than a toilet stall, where an employee may express her milk in privacy.

Actions 
DateChamber Action
  2/19/2003SenateFiled with Secretary by Sen. Mattie Hunter
  2/19/2003SenateFirst Reading
  2/19/2003SenateReferred to Rules
  2/26/2003SenateAssigned to Judiciary
  3/5/2003SenatePostponed - Judiciary
  3/13/2003SenatePostponed - Judiciary
  3/14/2003SenateRule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Rules
  1/11/2005SenateSession Sine Die

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