Pregnant Students’ Rights Act

What this measure contains

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.

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• Placed on Calendar Senate · Official document ↗· Jan 14, 2026

Legislative path

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1. Placed on Calendar Senate

Decision stages

1. Jan 27, 2026 · Senate

   Senate cloture to proceed on Placed on Calendar Senate: Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected

   47 aye · 45 no · 8 not voting · Source roll call

Senate members along the path

Aye yea or aye · No nay or no · Present · NV not voting · Changed reversed on advancing the measure

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Legislative history

1. Jan 13, 2026

   Introduced in Senate

2. Jan 13, 2026

   Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.

3. Jan 14, 2026

   Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 300.

4. Jan 15, 2026

   Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. (consideration: CR S262)

5. Jan 15, 2026

   Cloture motion on the motion to proceed presented in Senate. (CR S262)

6. Jan 27, 2026

   Cloture on the motion to proceed to the measure not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 47 - 45. Record Vote Number: 12. (CR S286)

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