Senate bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Passed Senate
Baby Changing on Board Act
Official title: A bill to require Amtrak to install baby changing tables in bathrooms on passenger rail cars.
Sponsor: Sen. Peter Welch D-VTWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 13, 2025
- Committee actionFeb 12, 2026
- Passed SenateMay 11, 2026 · by unanimous consent
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 12, 2026 — Held at the desk.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 71.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 71, Baby Changing on Board Act” on February 27, 2026. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on February 12, 2026”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 27, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/62192
- CBO publication date
- February 27, 2026
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 71, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/s/71
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: S. Rept. 119-118 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee on April 22, 2026.Source: Congress.gov, reported April 22, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/119/SRPT/118
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 71, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/s/71
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
8a55c37cb7418facd7ca8822cd2b91cc1e9e5b02ee376749b6998acffa8b8353
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
1 cosponsor — 1 Republican
1 of 1 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 24, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.