Bipartisan bill would require employers to let workers pump breast milk

A bipartisan bill aims to require employers to give nursing mothers breaks to pump breast milk.

Senate Bill 327, sponsored by state Sen. Zahra Karinshak, was inspired by a young Georgia public school teacher who was denied the ability to pump breast milk at work.

“She had a boss who told her not to pump and even instructed her to stay late if she chose to pump,” Karinshak said in a speech to the state Senate on Wednesday morning.