HB6 Alabama 2024 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Juandalynn GivanRepresentative

Democrat

Session

Regular Session 2024

Title

Employment; to require employers to provide reasonable break time and location for employees to express breast milk.

Summary

HB6 would require Alabama employers to provide a private space and reasonable break time for employees to express breast milk.

What This Bill Does

If passed, the bill would require employers to give employees a location (not a bathroom) and daily break time to express milk. Breaks can be unpaid or taken from paid breaks or meals, and should run alongside existing breaks when possible. The requirement does not apply if providing breaks would create an undue hardship, and employees should try to minimize disruption. Employers must not discriminate against employees who express milk and should make reasonable efforts to comply.

Who It Affects

• Nursing mothers who work in Alabama and need to express breast milk, who would gain protected break time and a private space near their work area.
• Employers in Alabama (including state agencies, departments, authorities, and political subdivisions) who must provide break time and a private lactation space, subject to undue hardship and privacy requirements.

Key Provisions

• Defines 'employer' to include any individual or entity that employs one or more employees, including state agencies and subdivisions.
• Requires the employer to provide reasonable unpaid break time or allow the use of paid break or meal time each day to express breast milk.
• Break time should, if possible, run concurrently with the employee's existing break time.
• No requirement to provide break time if it would create an undue hardship on operations.
• Requires the employer to provide a room or other private location near the work area for expressing milk (not a bathroom), without needing to build a room dedicated to milk expression.
• Prohibits discrimination against employees who choose to express milk at work and holds the employer harmless if it makes reasonable efforts to comply.
• Effective date is the first day of the third month after the bill is passed and approved by the Governor.

AI-generated summary using openai/gpt-5-nano on Feb 22, 2026. May contain errors — refer to the official bill text for accuracy.

Subjects

Labor & Employment