S2689 • 2026

Requires employer to provide certain accommodations to employee who is breast feeding.

Budget Labor

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: Timberlake, Britnee N.
Last action: 2026-03-02
Official status: Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Requires employer to provide certain accommodations to employee who is breast feeding.

What This Bill Does

Requires employer to provide certain accommodations to employee who is breast feeding.
Topic: Budget and Appropriations Fiscal note: This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

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Bill History

2026-03-02 New Jersey Legislature
Reported from Senate Committee, 2nd Reading
2026-03-02 New Jersey Legislature
Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee
2026-01-13 New Jersey Legislature
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Labor Committee

Official Summary Text

Requires employer to provide certain accommodations to employee who is breast feeding.
Topic:
Budget and Appropriations
Fiscal note:
This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Current Bill Text

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S2689 SLA Statement 3/2/26

SENATE LABOR COMMITTEE

STATEMENT TO

SENATE, No.
2689

STATE
OF NEW JERSEY

DATED:
MARCH 2,
2026

����� The Senate Labor Committee reports favorably Senate
Bill No. 2689.

����� This bill would clarify protections provided in the
�Law Against Discrimination� to working mothers who are breast feeding.�
Specifically, the bill provides that an employer is required to accommodate a
lactating employee for as long as the employee desires.� Additionally, the bill
clarifies that lactating employees are entitled to reasonable break time paid at
the employee�s regular rate of compensation, job restructuring, and a modified
work schedule for the purpose of milk expression.

����� Further, the bill requires an employer to provide a
suitable room or other location with privacy, free from intrusion of other
employees or customers of the employer�s business, if applicable, other than a
restroom, for the purpose of milk expression.

����� This bill was prefiled for introduction in the
2026-2027 session pending technical review.� As reported, the bill includes the
changes required by technical review, which has been performed.