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2002 SESSION

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HB 1264 Right to breast-feed.

Introduced by: Viola O. Baskerville | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)

Government generally; right to breast-feed. Guarantees a woman the right to breast-feed her child on any property owned, leased or controlled by the State. The bill also stipulates that childbirth and related medical conditions specified in the Virginia Human Rights Act include activities of lactation, including breast-feeding and expression of milk by a mother for her child.

FULL TEXT

• 01/18/02  House: Presented & ordered printed 022601624  pdf | impact statement
• 02/07/02  House: Committee substitute printed 022636624-H1  pdf | impact statement
• 03/08/02  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1264ER)  pdf | impact statement
• 04/08/02  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0561)  pdf

HISTORY

• 01/18/02  House: Presented & ordered printed 022601624
• 01/18/02  House: Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
• 02/07/02  House: Reported from H. W. I. w/substitute (19-Y 3-N)
• 02/07/02  House: Committee substitute printed 022636624-H1
• 02/08/02  House: Read first time
• 02/09/02  House: Read second time
• 02/09/02  House: Committee substitute agreed to 022636624-H1
• 02/09/02  House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute 022636624-H1
• 02/11/02  House: Read third time and passed House (88-Y 12-N)
• 02/11/02  House: VOTE: PASSAGE (88-Y 12-N)
• 02/11/02  House: Communicated to Senate
• 02/12/02  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
• 02/12/02  Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
• 02/21/02  Senate: Reported from Education and Health (14-Y 1-N)
• 02/22/02  Senate: Const. reading disp., passed by for the day (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/22/02  Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/25/02  Senate: Read third time
• 02/25/02  Senate: Passed Senate (36-Y 2-N)
• 02/25/02  Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE (36-Y 2-N)
• 03/08/02  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1264ER)
• 03/09/02  House: Enrolled
• 03/09/02  House: Signed by Speaker
• 03/12/02  Senate: Signed by President
• 04/05/02  Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 561 (effective 7/1/02)
• 04/08/02  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0561)