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HB 49ALABAMASession 2026rsState Billin committee

Alabama HB 49 requires employers to provide lactation breaks and private spaces

Original title: Employment; employers required to provide location and break time for employees to express breast milk

Last action · January 13, 2026: Pending Committee Action in House of OriginSponsor: Juandalynn Givan

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What This Bill Would Do

Employers in Alabama are required under HB 49 to provide employees with reasonable break time and a private, non-bathroom location to express breast milk, effective October 1, 2026.

Why it matters

All employers across the state, including state and local government agencies, must establish private lactation spaces and allow unpaid or paid break times unless doing so causes an on business operations.

Who It Would Affect

Groups the bill's text would affect if enacted, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.

Directly affected

employees

Employees gain the right to reasonable break times and a private, non-bathroom location to express breast milk.

Directly affected

employers

Employers must provide private spaces and flexible break times for nursing employees unless it creates an undue hardship.

Key Facts

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Frequently Asked Questions

Who must comply with the requirements of this bill?

Every employer in the state that employs one or more employees, which includes all state departments, agencies, authorities, and political subdivisions.

Are employers required to construct a brand new room for lactation?

No, the bill explicitly states that employers are not required to build a room for the primary purpose of expressing breast milk.

Can employers use existing break times to accommodate nursing mothers?

Yes, the break time should run concurrently with any break time already provided to the employee, if possible.

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Where This Stands

Currently in committee. The next step in the legislative lifecycle is Floor Vote.

Procedural history

2 actions

Jan 13, 2026HouseCommittee
Pending Committee Action in House of Origin
Jan 13, 2026HouseIntroduced
Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Commerce and Small Business

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Lobbying Activity

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Full breakdown

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Connected Entities

Commerce and Small Business, Juandalynn Givan, Nursing Mother's Act

OrganizationCommerce and Small Business“House committee of referral”Map →

PersonJuandalynn Givan“Representative who introduced HB 49”Map →

otherNursing Mother's Act“Short title of the act”Map →

Sources

Open source document

alison.legislature.state.al.us

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