A Current Summary of Breastfeeding Legislation in the U.S.

SUMMARY OF ENACTED BREASTFEEDING LEGISLATION

IDAHO

Idaho exempts breastfeeding mothers from jury duty.

Idaho Code § 2-209, §2-212
1996 Ida. ALS 189; 1996 Idaho Sess. 189; 1996 Ida. Ch. 189; 1996 Ida. SB 1468

Idaho Code §2-209

The Court shall provide that a mother nursing her child shall have service postponed until she is no longer nursing the child.

Idaho Code § 2-212

A person who is not disqualified for jury service under section 2-209, Idaho Code, may have jury service postponed by the court or the jury commissioner only upon a showing of undue hardship, extreme inconvenience, or public necessity, or upon a showing that the juror is a mother breastfeeding her child."

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