Pregnant Students’ Rights Act

Sponsored by Rep. Ashley Hinson (R-IA) · 3 active : 3 Republicans

Latest action: Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 303.

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Where it standsPassed House, now in the Senate

Passed House

House: passedJan 22, 2026
Senate: next
President: not yet

9 senators score as swing votes

Summary

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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,

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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.

How the projections held up

Each member’s recorded vote compared with their swing projection from before the vote. A member by voting against most of their own party.

House

On PassagePassed217 yea, 211 nayJanuary 22, 2026 · Roll call 47

How members in each band voted on this House vote, by their projection before the vote
BandBand before the vote	VotedVoted yea or nay	BrokeBroke with party	Share
Swing	50	1	2%
Middle	213	0	0%
Entrenched	161	0	0%
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Committees and subjects

Committees

House Committee on Education and Workforce · HouseReported by · Markup by · Referred to

Subjects

Abortion
Higher education
School administration
Sex and reproductive health
Women's education
Women's health

Senate · 100 House · 433

Model

v3defaultv2

Directional: count only breaks toward the other party Why do scores change?

How the House breaks down

45Swing 70–100
203Middle 30–70
183Entrenched 0–30
2Insufficient data not ranked

Members fall into . 2 representatives don’t have enough data yet and are marked “insufficient data”. Non-voting delegates are not counted. The bill is not before the House right now; these scores show where members would stand.

Key players in the House

Ranked by swing score, 0–100 · swing-v2, directional

: only movement toward the other party counts, so members who sit further from the center than their party no longer score as swing votes.

Bars show each input from 0 to 100: ideology gap, scorecard gap, . is the seat’s partisan lean, and shows how much of the input data a score has.

Similar past votes, House

Earlier behind swing-v3’s input

Similar votes count toward swing-v3 in the House: total similarity weight 22.0 (needs 5.0).

H.R. 6359 · Jan 22, 2026 · Roll call 407On PassagePregnant Students’ Rights Act
PassedSame bill×3.0
H.R. 6914 · Jan 18, 2024 · Roll call 737On PassagePregnant Students’ Rights Act
PassedShared subjects×1.0
H.Res. 927 · Dec 13, 2023 · Roll call 716On Motion to Suspend the Rules and AgreeCondemning antisemitism on University campuses and the testimony of University Presidents in the House Committee on Education and the Workforce
PassedShared subjects×1.0
H.R. 4795 · Sep 3, 2026 · Roll call 655On PassageProtect Economic and Academic Freedom Act
PassedSame policy area×0.5
H.R. 7892 · Jun 10, 2026 · Roll call 577On PassageNo Aid for Ghost Students Act
PassedSame policy area×0.5
H.R. 2616 · May 20, 2026 · Roll call 544On PassagePROTECT Kids Act
PassedSame policy area×0.5
H.R. 6472 · Mar 4, 2026 · Roll call 442On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as AmendedTerritorial Student Access to Higher Education Act
PassedSame policy area×0.5
H.R. 1049 · Dec 4, 2025 · Roll call 313On PassageTRACE Act
PassedSame policy area×0.5

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H.R. 1069 · Dec 4, 2025 · Roll call 312On PassagePROTECT Our Kids Act
PassedSame policy area×0.5
H.R. 1005 · Dec 3, 2025 · Roll call 311On PassageCLASS Act
PassedSame policy area×0.5
H.R. 881 · May 7, 2025 · Roll call 119On PassageDHS Restrictions on Confucius Institutes and Chinese Entities of Concern Act
PassedSame policy area×0.5
H.R. 1048 · Mar 27, 2025 · Roll call 82On PassageDETERRENT Act
PassedSame policy area

Cosponsors

3 active

Show all 3 cosponsors

Randy Feenstra (R-IA-4)
Mike Bost (R-IL-12)
John J. McGuire (R-VA-5)

How the swing score works

Ideology gapHow far a member’s DW-NOMINATE voting score sits from their party’s median in the same chamber.

Scorecard gapHow far their Heritage Action and LCV ratings stray from their party’s average, using the groups’ votes on similar bills where available.

Cross-pressureHow strongly their district or state leans toward the other party, from our own computed partisan lean.

Similar votesHow often they voted against their own party on earlier roll calls about this bill or similar ones.

Committee bonusMembers of the committees handling the bill decide whether it moves, so they get a boost.

Cosponsor checkThe sponsor and active cosponsors have already committed, so they drop toward entrenched.