PA 12-51—SB 194

Select Committee on Children

Judiciary Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING JURY DUTY FOR BREASTFEEDING MOTHERS

SUMMARY: This act requires the Judicial Branch to provide information on its website for prospective jurors regarding jury service, including (1) the ability of breastfeeding women to postpone such service and (2) the jury administrator's contact information so that prospective jurors who need reasonable accommodations may request them.

The act also requires the jury administrator to provide training for his or her staff and court staff on discrete issues and policy for breastfeeding women who have been summoned for jury service, including reasonable accommodations for them.

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 1, 2012

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