S 2689 changesRequires employer to provide certain accommodations to employee who is breast feeding.

What changed

+162 / −6446 words · LargeConfidence: high

This version of S 2689 represents a substantial structural reorganization of the bill. The primary change is the replacement of extensive anti-discrimination statutory text with a Senate Labor Committee statement dated March 2, 2026. The removed content included detailed provisions prohibiting discrimination in employment, housing, lending, and public accommodations across numerous protected characteristics; religious accommodation requirements; anti-retaliation protections; equal pay provisions; and workplace breastfeeding accommodation language. The new committee statement describes the bill's focus on requiring employers to provide breastfeeding accommodations and notes completion of technical review, suggesting this version consolidates the bill's scope to its core breastfeeding accommodation provisions while removing broader anti-discrimination statutory language that may have been redundant with existing law or relocated elsewhere.

Change log

• PREAMBLE >cont.

  removedhigh confidence

  Technical/conforming change

  This section removes a continuation fragment from the preamble that appears to be duplicate or misplaced statutory text regarding undue hardship determinations and equal pay requirements. The removed text contains provisions about employer accommodations and wage discrimination that likely belong elsewhere in the statute.

• PREAMBLE >cont.

  removedhigh confidence

  Removes religious accommodation provisions for employment terms and leave

  This section removes language that previously prohibited employers from imposing employment conditions requiring employees to violate sincerely held religious practices, including observance of Sabbath or holy days. The removed text required employers to engage in bona fide efforts to reasonably accommodate religious observances unless such accommodation created undue hardship. The deletion also removes provisions protecting employees from loss of seniority or pension benefits when working hours accommodating religious requirements, and provisions requiring employers to permit use of leave for religious observance.

• PREAMBLE >cont.

  removedhigh confidence

  Technical/conforming change

  This section represents the removal of preamble text that was part of the original bill structure. The removed text contained anti-discrimination provisions related to housing and business transactions. This removal appears to be a formatting or structural change rather than a substantive policy change.

• PREAMBLE >cont.

  removedhigh confidence

  Technical/conforming change

  This section removes text that appears to be a continuation or fragment from another part of the statute. The removed text relates to collective bargaining exceptions, letters of credit containing non-discrimination provisions, and prohibitions on aiding discriminatory acts. This removal likely reflects reorganization or cleanup of the statute structure rather than a substantive policy change.

• PREAMBLE >cont.

  removedhigh confidence

  Religious accommodation provisions removed from statute

  This section removes extensive provisions that previously required employers to accommodate employees' religious observances, including Sabbath and holy days, unless doing so would cause undue hardship. The removed text defined undue hardship for religious accommodations as involving unreasonable expense, interference with workplace operations, or violations of seniority systems or collective bargaining agreements. It also specified factors for determining undue hardship, including costs, number of employees needing accommodation, and facility considerations.

• PREAMBLE >cont.

  removedhigh confidence

  Technical/conforming change

  This section removes printer's/drafting instructions that explain formatting conventions (bold-faced brackets for deletions, underlining for additions). These instructions are standard boilerplate in legislative drafts and do not affect substantive law. The removal represents cleanup of explanatory matter not intended for enactment.

• PREAMBLE >cont.

  removedmedium confidence

  Technical/conforming change

  This section removes preamble text that appears to be mid-sentence continuation from a prior section, containing definitions and unlawful discrimination provisions under the Law Against Discrimination. The removed text discusses executive exemptions, compensation discrimination statute of limitations, and waiver prohibitions. This removal likely reflects structural reorganization rather than substantive policy change.

• PREAMBLE >cont.

  removedlow confidence

  Deletion of text regarding public accommodation provisions and alcoholic beverage licensing

  This section removes text that appeared to be part of a larger provision regarding public accommodations and private clubs. The deleted text includes language about restaurants and establishments serving alcoholic beverages, anti-discrimination provisions for private club members (covering race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, marital status, civil union status, domestic partnership status, pregnancy or breastfeeding, sex, gender identity or expression, affectional or sexual orientation, disability, military service liability, and nationality), and penalties involving alcoholic beverage licenses. Without the full context of the surrounding bill text, the specific significance of this deletion cannot be determined.

• PREAMBLE >cont.

  removedhigh confidence

  Removes housing discrimination prohibitions from preamble

  This section removes three subsections from the preamble that prohibited discrimination in real property transactions. The removed text barred property owners and their agents from refusing to sell or rent property, discriminating in terms and conditions, or publishing discriminatory statements based on protected characteristics including race, creed, color, national origin, marital status, pregnancy or breastfeeding, sex, gender identity, disability, and other categories. These provisions appear to be relocated or restructured elsewhere in the bill rather than eliminated entirely.

• PREAMBLE

  modifiedhigh confidence

  Technical/conforming change

  This section replaces the bill's original preamble with a Senate Labor Committee statement. The original version contained legislative sponsors, a synopsis, and the beginning of statutory text. The new version is a committee statement dated March 2, 2026, describing the bill's provisions regarding breastfeeding accommodations and noting completion of technical review.

• PREAMBLE >cont.

  removedhigh confidence

  Removal of provisions on prohibited discriminatory conduct and multiple listing service discrimination

  This section removes detailed provisions that prohibited certain discriminatory business practices, including buying from or selling to persons who engage in discriminatory acts, and boycotting or refusing to do business with persons who refuse to engage in such acts. It also removes provisions prohibiting multiple listing services and real estate organizations from discriminating on the basis of protected characteristics including race, creed, color, national origin, age, marital status, pregnancy or breastfeeding, sex, gender identity, disability, and other categories. The removed text included exceptions for labor disputes and unfair labor practices, and provisions allowing employers to set workplace appearance standards while permitting employees to dress consistent with their gender identity.

• PREAMBLE >cont.

  removedhigh confidence

  Deletion of housing discrimination prohibition provisions

  This section removes extensive language prohibiting discrimination in real estate transactions. The deleted text prohibited real estate brokers, salespersons, and others from refusing to sell, rent, or lease property to individuals based on protected characteristics including race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, marital status, civil union status, domestic partnership status, familial status, pregnancy or breastfeeding, sex, gender identity or expression, affectional or sexual orientation, disability, military service liability, nationality, and source of lawful income. The removed provisions also prohibited discrimination in the terms and conditions of real estate transactions and in the publication of discriminatory advertisements or applications.

• PREAMBLE >cont.

  removedhigh confidence

  Removes provisions prohibiting discrimination in lending based on protected characteristics

  This section removes detailed prohibitions on discrimination by financial institutions in lending and credit decisions. The removed text prohibited discrimination based on race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, marital status, civil union status, domestic partnership status, pregnancy or breastfeeding, sex, gender identity or expression, affectional or sexual orientation, disability, military service liability, familial status, nationality, source of lawful income, and presence of children under 18. The provisions also prohibited discriminatory application forms and inquiries, as well as mortgages that become void upon the birth of a child.

• PREAMBLE >cont.

  removedhigh confidence

  Removed provisions on employer reprisals for wage/compensation discussions and pregnancy/breastfeeding discrimination

  This section removes language that prohibited employers from retaliating against employees who request or discuss information about job titles, compensation, benefits, or demographic characteristics of employees with coworkers, lawyers, or government agencies. It also removes language that prohibited employers from requiring employees to sign waivers agreeing not to make such requests or disclosures. Additionally, the section removes a prohibition on employers treating employees affected by pregnancy or breastfeeding less favorably than other employees with similar abilities to work.

• PREAMBLE >cont.

  removedhigh confidence

  Removal of anti-discrimination provisions for labor organizations and employment advertising

  This section removes language prohibiting labor organizations from discriminating based on protected characteristics in membership and training programs. It also removes prohibitions on employers and employment agencies printing or circulating discriminatory statements, advertisements, or job applications. The removed text included exceptions for bona fide occupational qualifications where sex is reasonably necessary for specific training programs or positions.

• PREAMBLE >cont.

  removedhigh confidence

  Removed anti-retaliation and aiding/abetting provisions

  This section removes language that previously prohibited retaliation against persons who opposed practices forbidden under the act, filed complaints, testified, or assisted in proceedings. It also removes language that prohibited any person from aiding, abetting, inciting, compelling, or coercing violations of the act.

• PREAMBLE >cont.

  removedhigh confidence

  Removes detailed public accommodation anti-discrimination provisions

  This section removes extensive text prohibiting discrimination in places of public accommodation based on protected characteristics including race, creed, color, national origin, pregnancy or breastfeeding, sex, gender identity, and other protected classes. The removed text detailed prohibited discriminatory practices and exceptions for sex-restricted facilities. The removal appears to be part of legislative restructuring, though the destination or replacement of these provisions is not evident in this section alone.

• PREAMBLE >cont.

  removedhigh confidence

  Removed definition of 'member of a protected class' and immediate effective date provision

  This section removed the definition of 'member of a protected class,' which previously enumerated characteristics including race, creed, color, national origin, age, marital status, sexual orientation, pregnancy, breastfeeding, sex, gender identity, disability, and military service liability. The section also removed language stating that the act shall take effect immediately.

• PREAMBLE >cont.

  removedhigh confidence

  Removed preamble provisions addressing housing discrimination and advertising restrictions

  This section removes preamble language that addressed discriminatory practices in real property transactions. The removed text covered restrictions on discriminatory statements in advertising and records, sex-based qualifications for residential facilities, discrimination based on lawful income sources, and refusals to rent to families with children. These provisions appear to have been relocated or replaced elsewhere in the bill.

• PREAMBLE >cont.

  removedhigh confidence

  Removal of preamble language regarding housing discrimination protections

  This section removes preamble text that described prohibitions on discriminatory practices in real property transactions. The removed language addressed restrictions on making discriminatory records or inquiries based on protected characteristics including race, creed, color, national origin, pregnancy or breastfeeding, sex, gender identity, disability, and other categories. It also described prohibitions on refusing to sell or rent based on lawful income sources and familial status including families with children under 18.

• PREAMBLE >cont.

  removedhigh confidence

  Technical/conforming change

  This section contains stylistic edits to modernize terminology around breastfeeding accommodations. The phrase 'breast feeding her infant child' is replaced with more streamlined language, and 'toilet stall' is updated to 'restroom.' These changes refine wording without altering the substantive requirements for workplace accommodations.