Florida Senate - 2017                                     SB 650
       
       
        
       By Senator Book
       
       32-00526-17                                            2017650__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to retail establishments and shopping
    3         centers; creating s. 316.1966, F.S.; requiring certain
    4         parking lots to contain a minimum amount of parking
    5         spaces designated for use by expectant mothers,
    6         subject to certain requirements; requiring the
    7         Department of Transportation to establish requirements
    8         for signage and markings for such parking spaces;
    9         amending s. 383.015, F.S.; requiring certain retail
   10         establishments and shopping centers to provide and
   11         maintain breastfeeding areas; defining the term
   12         “breastfeeding area”; providing an effective date.
   13          
   14  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
   15  
   16         Section 1. Section 316.1966, Florida Statutes, is created
   17  to read:
   18         316.1966 Parking spaces for expectant mothers.—
   19         (1) The parking lot of a retail establishment or shopping
   20  center which contains more than 100 parking spaces must include
   21  at least 1 parking space that is designated for use by expectant
   22  mothers. Such a parking space must be located as closely as
   23  possible to parking spaces designated for use by persons with
   24  disabilities as provided in s. 553.5041; however, the location
   25  of parking spaces designated for use by persons with
   26  disabilities shall take precedence.
   27         (2) The Department of Transportation shall establish
   28  requirements for signage and markings used by the retail
   29  establishment or shopping center to designate parking spaces for
   30  use by expectant mothers as provided in subsection (1).
   31         Section 2. Present subsection (2) of section 383.015,
   32  Florida Statutes, is redesignated as subsection (3), and a new
   33  subsection (2) is added to that section, to read:
   34         383.015 Breastfeeding.—The breastfeeding of a baby is an
   35  important and basic act of nurture which must be encouraged in
   36  the interests of maternal and child health and family values,
   37  and in furtherance of this goal:
   38         (2) A retail establishment or shopping center having a
   39  parking lot containing more than 100 parking spaces must provide
   40  and maintain a breastfeeding area located in such establishment
   41  or center. As used in this subsection, the term “breastfeeding
   42  area” means a room or other location in a retail establishment
   43  or shopping center which:
   44         (a) Provides a location shielded from view and free from
   45  intrusion by the public where a woman may breastfeed or express
   46  breast milk;
   47         (b) Has a door that can be locked;
   48         (c) Includes a place to sit;
   49         (d) Is readily accessible to and usable by persons with
   50  disabilities, including persons who use wheelchairs, as required
   51  under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990; and
   52         (e) Is not located in a restroom or dressing room.
   53         Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2017.