S 8667 New York Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Relates to employee access to lactation rooms in the workplace

Summary

Relates to employee access to lactation rooms in the workplace; requires that employers post written policies regarding the rights of nursing employees.

Issues: ✓ Labor & Employment

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2026

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Jan 7, 2026 Last action May 18, 2026

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What changed between versions

S8667 → S8667A · 5 edits

MODERATE

The bill was amended to streamline the legislative process by discharging the committee and recommitting the bill for further action. Substantively, the text was reformatted to remove bracketed deletions, clarifying that the law requires employers to provide lactation rooms unless it causes an undue hardship, and simplifying the rules for how and where employers must post their lactation policies.

TECHNICAL

The bill number was updated to S 8667--A to reflect the amendment status.

The committee status was updated to show the bill was discharged and recommitted after amendment.

Formatting was corrected to remove bracketed text indicating deleted sections, resulting in cleaner, final language.

Line breaks and spacing were adjusted throughout the document to improve readability.

Minor wording changes were made to the policy posting requirements, removing the specific mention of 'common or break area' and clarifying website accessibility.

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Committee

Amendments

May 18, 2026

Upper · Passed

PRINT NUMBER 8667A

upper

May 18, 2026

Upper · Passed

AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO LABOR

upper

Jan 7, 2026

Committee

REFERRED TO LABOR

upper

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors