The first part recognizes that breastfeeding is good for mother and baby. The second part says you have the right to breastfeed your baby wherever you have a right to be. That means at the park, in the mall, at the grocery store, at a restaurant, in a movie theater – any public place. No one would deny a baby a bottle when he is hungry, and they can’t deny him a breast, either. Breast milk is your baby’s food, and your baby has a right to eat wherever you are.

If you’re concerned, you can print out the handy card below and put it in your wallet or diaper bag. Then, if anyone ever asks you about breastfeeding in public, you’ll have the official law easily available to show them.

The legislature finds that breast-feeding a baby is an important and basic act of nurture that must be encouraged in the interests of maternal and child health and family values. In compliance with the breast-feeding promotion program established under the federal Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. Section 1771 et seq.), the legislature recognizes breast-feeding as the best method of
infant nutrition.

A mother is entitled to breast-feed her baby in any location in which the mother
is authorized to be.