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HB526 • 2025

An Act amending Title 35 (Health and Safety) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, permitting a mother the freedom to nurse her child in public; and providing that breastfeeding may not be considered a nuisance, indecent exposure, sexual conduct or obscenity.

An Act amending Title 35 (Health and Safety) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, permitting a mother the freedom to nurse her child in public; and providing that breastfeeding may not be considered a nuisance, indecent exposure, sexual conduct or obscenity.

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Sponsor
O'MARA
Last action
2025-05-14
Official status
Laid on the table, May 14, 2025
Effective date
Not listed

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Bill History

  1. 2025-05-14 Pennsylvania General Assembly

    Laid on the table, May 14, 2025

Official Summary Text

An Act amending Title 35 (Health and Safety) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, permitting a mother the freedom to
nurse her child in public; and providing that breastfeeding
may not be considered a nuisance, indecent exposure, sexual
conduct or obscenity.