CA SB142

Requires employers to provide reasonable break time for employees to express breast milk, with breaks running concurrently with existing rest periods when possible.

Mandates lactation rooms or locations that are private, not bathrooms, close to work areas, and equipped with a surface, seating, electricity access, and nearby sink with running water and refrigerator.

Treats denial of reasonable break time or adequate lactation space as a failure to provide rest periods under state law, with civil penalties of $100 per day of violation.

Prohibits employers from discharging, discriminating against, or retaliating against employees for exercising lactation accommodation rights.

Allows employers with fewer than 50 employees to seek exemptions by demonstrating undue hardship, and requires all employers to develop and distribute a lactation accommodation policy to employees.