Pregnant Students’ Rights Act
Where it stands
- Introduced1/13/26
- Passed Senate
- House
- President
- Law
Introduced in the Senate on January 13, 2026.
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Pregnant Students' Rights Act
This bill requires each institution of higher education (IHE) that participates in federal student aid programs to provide certain information to prospective and enrolled students on the rights and resources for pregnant students to carry a baby to term or students who may become pregnant while enrolled at the IHE to carry a baby to term.
In particular, this required information must include
a list of community and on-campus resources that exist to help a pregnant student in carrying the baby to term and caring for the baby after birth,
information about the accommodations available to help a pregnant student carry the baby to term and parent the baby after birth, and
information on how to file a discrimination complaint related to the student's determination to carry a baby to term.
What happens next
The Senate must pass it, then the House must pass the same text, then it goes to the President.
If it isn't enacted by Jan 3, 2027, it expires when the 119th Congress ends.
All actions (6)
- 1/13/26Introduced in Senate
- 1/13/26Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
- 1/14/26Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 300.
- 1/15/26Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. (consideration: CR S262)
- 1/15/26Cloture motion on the motion to proceed presented in Senate. (CR S262)
- 1/27/26Cloture on the motion to proceed to the measure not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 47 - 45. Record Vote Number: 12. (CR S286)