Texas HB258 provides leave for lactating state employees to express breast milk.

Texas HB258 amends the Government Code to allow state agency employees sufficient time off to express breast milk. This leave is granted without salary deduction or use of accrued leave. Employees are entitled to this time off until the third anniversary of the date of childbirth or a reproductive loss. The Act takes effect September 1, 2025.

Texas HB258 provides leave for lactating state employees to express breast milk.

Texas HB258 amends the Government Code to allow state agency employees sufficient time off to express breast milk. This leave is granted without salary deduction or use of accrued leave. Employees are entitled to this time off until the third anniversary of the date of childbirth or a reproductive loss. The Act takes effect September 1, 2025.