California Government Code

§ 69894

GOV § 69894 Effective Jan 1, 2025Title 8 · Ch. 5 · Art. 8

Statute text

(a)The superior court shall provide any court user access to a lactation room in any courthouse in which a lactation room is also provided to court employees in compliance with Section 1031 of the Labor Code. The lactation room for court users shall be located within the court facility in an area that is accessible to the public or in any location that is reasonably accessible to the public using the court facility.

(b)A superior court may comply with this section by designating a lactation room for court users that does not meet all of the requirements of subdivision (d) of Section 1031 of the Labor Code in order to provide the greatest number of court users with access to lactation rooms in as many courthouses as possible. The superior court shall use the most cost effective means possible to construct or renovate lactation rooms in courthouses, including by installing portable lactation rooms where appropriate, due to operational, financial, or space limitations. The lactation room shall not be a bathroom, shall be shielded from view and free from intrusion while it is being used by a court user to express milk, and shall otherwise comply with the requirements of subdivision (c) of Section 1031 of the Labor Code.

(c)This section shall become operative on July 1, 2026.

Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2024, Ch. 228, Sec. 1. (AB 3280) Effective January 1, 2025. Operative July 1, 2026, by its own provisions.