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

SUMMARY OF ENACTED BREASTFEEDING LEGISLATION

VERMONT

Vermont recently passed a law giving mothers the right to Breastfeed in public but it limits the right to where the mother is authorized to be present with her child. The Act also directed the Human Rights Commission to develop and distribute materials regarding a mother’s legal right to breastfeed in any place of public accommodation; however, that portion of the law was not codified.

Vermont Senate Bill #156, 2001
2002 VT. ALS 117; 2002 VT Laws 117; 2002 VT. Act 117; 2001 VT. SB 156;

Sec. 2. 9 V.S.A. §4502(j) :

(J) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a mother may breastfeed her child in any place of public accommodation in which the mother and child would otherwise have a legal right to be.
Effective date, March 15, 2003.

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