(a) The superior court shall provide any court user access to a lactation room in any courthouse in which a lactation room is also provided to court employees in compliance with § 1031 of the Labor Code. The lactation room for court users shall be located within the court facility in an area that is accessible to the public or in any location that is reasonably accessible to the public using the court facility. The lactation room for court users shall meet all of the requirements of § 1031 of the Labor Code.

(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), a superior court may comply with this section by designating a lactation room for court users without complying with subdivision (d) of § 1031 of the Labor Code, if due to operational, financial, or space limitations. The lactation room shall not be a bathroom, shall be shielded from view and free from intrusion while it is being used by a court user to express milk, and shall otherwise be compliant with this section.

(c) This section shall become operative on July 1, 2026.

(Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 34, Sec. 9. (SB 133) Effective June 30, 2023. Operative July 1, 2026, by its own provisions.)