A Current Summary of Breastfeeding Legislation in the U.S.

SUMMARY OF ENACTED BREASTFEEDING LEGISLATION

KANSAS

Kansas has laws addressing breastfeeding in public, and exemption from jury duty. A mother has the right to breastfeed in any place the mother has a right to be. Jury duty will be postponed for a breastfeeding mother until the mother is no longer breastfeeding.

HOUSE BILL No. 2284, Signed into law on March 6, 2006.

AN ACT relating to breastfeeding mothers; concerning right to breastfeed; jury duty while breastfeeding; amending K.S.A. 43-158 and repealing the existing section.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:
Section 1. (a) Breast milk is widely acknowledged to be the most complete form of nutrition for infants, with a range of benefits for infant's health, growth, immunity and development and has also been shown to improve maternal health and bonding in addition to contributing to society at large through economic and environmental gains, it is therefore the public policy of Kansas that a mother's choice to breastfeed should be supported and encouraged to the greatest extent possible.
(b) A mother may breastfeed in any place she has a right to be.
Sec. 2. K.S.A. 43-158 is hereby amended to read as follows:
43-158. The following persons shall be excused from jury service:
(text omitted); and
(e) a mother breastfeeding her child. Jury service shall be postponed until such mother is no longer breastfeeding the child.
Sec. 3. K.S.A. 43-158 is hereby repealed.
Sec. 4. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its publication in the Kansas register.

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