This has been posted online by the National Conference of State
Legislatures.
Judy Ritchie


http://www.ncsl.org/programs/health/breast50.htm

50 State Summary of Breastfeeding Laws
Updated February 2007
 
Health professionals and public health officials promote breastfeeding to
improve infant health. Both mothers and children benefit from breast milk.
Breastfeeding helps prevent diarrhea and infections in infants. It also
provides long-term preventive effects for the mother, including an earlier
return to pre-pregnancy weight, reduced risk of pre-menopausal breast cancer
and osteoporosis. According to the New York Times, about 70 percent of
mothers start breastfeeding immediately after birth, but less than 20
percent of those moms are breastfeeding exclusively six months later.
Healthy People 2010 objectives for the nation include increasing the
proportion of mothers who breastfeed their babies in the early postpartum
period to 75 percent.  Nearly all states (47) have enacted legislation
related to breastfeeding.

Then continues with state laws and statutes: 

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