S 2689 New Jersey Senate · 2026-2027 Regular Session

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

This bill (S 2689) adds "breastfeeding" to New Jersey's existing anti-discrimination law, making it unlawful for employers to discriminate against employees based on breastfeeding. It directly affects breastfeeding employees and requires employers to provide reasonable accommodations, such as break time and a private space, to support breastfeeding at work. The law amends the Law Against Discrimination (P.L.1945, c.169) to explicitly include breastfeeding under protected categories like pregnancy and sex. This creates a clear legal standard for employers to follow, ensuring breastfeeding employees are not treated unfairly in hiring, pay, or workplace conditions.

Issues: ✓ Labor & Employment

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2026

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Jan 13, 2026 Last action Mar 2, 2026

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Technical Review Of Prefiled Bill → Introduced · 3 edits · Jan 13, 2026

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This diff reflects the transition of S 2689 from a technical review version to its introduced version. The substantive policy language in the bill body is unchanged; differences are limited to line-break reformatting, a likely typo (a comma was dropped between 'breastfeeding' and 'sex' in the list of protected characteristics), and the addition of a standard legislative STATEMENT summarizing the bill's purpose.

TECHNICAL

A comma was removed between 'breastfeeding' and 'sex' in the definition of protected characteristics, changing 'pregnancy, breastfeeding, sex, gender identity or expression' to 'pregnancy, breastfeeding sex, gender identity or expression.' This appears to be a typographical error that could create ambiguity about whether 'breastfeeding sex' is intended as a single term.

A STATEMENT section was appended at the end of the bill summarizing its purpose: clarifying protections for lactating working mothers under the Law Against Discrimination, including paid break time, job restructuring, modified work schedules, and a private room for milk expression.

The bill header changed from 'S2689 TR' to 'S2689' and the status line changed from 'As reported by the Senate Labor Committee with technical review' to 'Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel,' reflecting the procedural stage change.

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Committee

Mar 2, 2026

Committee

Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee

upper

Jan 13, 2026

Introduced

Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Labor Committee

upper

2 primary · 0 co-sponsors