Baby Changing on Board Act

Sponsored by Sen. Peter Welch (D-VT) · 1 active : 1 Republican

Latest action: Held at the desk.

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Where it standsBefore the Senate

Passed Senate

Senate: passedMay 11, 2026
House: next
President: not yet

9 senators score as swing votes

Summary

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Summary on Congress.gov

Baby Changing on Board Act

This bill requires Amtrak passenger rail trains to have a baby changing table in at least one restroom in each car, including in an Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990-compliant restroom. The bill applies to passenger rail trains that are (1) owned and operated by Amtrak, and (2) solicited for purchase after the bill's enactment for use by Amtrak.

Committees and subjects

Committees

Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation · SenateReported by · Markup by · Referred to

Subjects

Child safety and welfare
Disability and health-based discrimination
National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak)
Railroads

Senate · 100 House · 433

Model

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

How the House breaks down

45Swing 70–100
206Middle 30–70
180Entrenched 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 14.5 (needs 5.0).

H.R. 7084 · Mar 27, 2026 · Roll call 465On PassageDefending American Property Abroad Act
PassedSame policy area×0.5
S. 2503 · Feb 24, 2026 · Roll call 432On Motion to Suspend the Rules and PassROTOR Act
FailedSame policy area×0.5
H.R. 1836 · Mar 21, 2024 · Roll call 816On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as AmendedOcean Shipping Reform Implementation Act
PassedSame policy area×0.5
S.J.Res. 38 · Jan 11, 2024 · Roll call 726On PassageProviding for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Federal Highway Administration relating to “Waiver of Buy America Requirements for Electric Vehicle Chargers”
PassedSame policy area×0.5
H.R. 1547 · Dec 5, 2023 · Roll call 689On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as AmendedOne Seat Ride Act
PassedSame policy area×0.5
H.R. 3935 · Jul 20, 2023 · Roll call 363On PassageSecuring Growth and Robust Leadership in American Aviation Act
PassedSame policy area×0.5
H.R. 3935 · Jul 20, 2023 · Roll call 362On Agreeing to the Amendment
FailedSame policy area×0.5
H.R. 3935 · Jul 20, 2023 · Roll call 361On Agreeing to the Amendment
FailedSame policy area×0.5

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H.R. 3935 · Jul 20, 2023 · Roll call 360On Agreeing to the Amendment
Agreed toSame policy area×0.5
H.R. 3935 · Jul 19, 2023 · Roll call 359On Agreeing to the Amendment
FailedSame policy area×0.5
H.R. 3935 · Jul 19, 2023 · Roll call 358On Agreeing to the Amendment
FailedSame policy area×0.5
H.R. 3935 · Jul 19, 2023 · Roll call 357On Agreeing to the Amendment
FailedSame policy area×0.5

Cosponsors

1 active

Show all 1 cosponsors

Marsha Blackburn (R-TN)

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.