Pregnant Students’ Rights Act
Sponsored By: Senator Ashley Moody
Introduced
Summary
Requires colleges to give clear, accessible information about pregnant students' rights and campus resources to support carrying a pregnancy to term. It focuses on what help is available, what accommodations students can get, and how to file a Title IX complaint if they face discrimination for choosing to carry a pregnancy.
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- Pregnant and prospective students: Would get a list of campus and community resources, details on accommodations to carry a pregnancy and parent after birth, and instructions for filing a Title IX complaint.
- Enrolled students and those attending less than full time: Institutions would email every enrolled student at least once each academic year and include the information in student handbooks, orientations, student health or counseling centers, and on the school's public website.
- Colleges and universities: Must provide the specific content and follow the listed dissemination methods, and the Department of Education cannot require additional information or establish extra rights beyond what the bill lists.
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 1 costs, 0 mixed.
Limits Department of Education power
If enacted, this bill would add a rule saying the Department of Education could not require any additional pregnancy information or create new rights beyond what this subsection lists. The restriction would apply only to the new subsection about pregnant student notices. The provision would limit the agency's future ability to expand required disclosures or protections under that subsection.
College notices on pregnancy rights
If enacted, this bill would require colleges that get federal student aid to tell prospective and enrolled students about pregnancy rights and supports. Institutions would email each enrolled student at least once per academic year. They would also include the information in student handbooks, at orientations, at student health or counseling centers, and on the school website. The materials would list campus and community resources, explain available accommodations for carrying a pregnancy to term and parenting after birth, and show how to file Title IX complaints with the Department of Education and with the college.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Ashley Moody
FL • R
Cosponsors
Marsha Blackburn
TN • R
Sponsored 1/13/2026
Ted Budd
NC • R
Sponsored 1/13/2026
Cindy Hyde-Smith
MS • R
Sponsored 1/13/2026
James Lankford
OK • R
Sponsored 1/13/2026
Bill Cassidy
LA • R
Sponsored 1/13/2026
Jim Banks
IN • R
Sponsored 1/13/2026
Steve Daines
MT • R
Sponsored 1/13/2026
Rick Scott
FL • R
Sponsored 1/13/2026
Chuck Grassley
IA • R
Sponsored 1/13/2026
Roger Wicker
MS • R
Sponsored 1/13/2026
John Thune
SD • R
Sponsored 1/14/2026
Markwayne Mullin
OK • R
Sponsored 1/15/2026
Ted Cruz
TX • R
Sponsored 1/15/2026
James Justice
WV • R
Sponsored 1/15/2026
Jon Husted
OH • R
Sponsored 1/27/2026
John Cornyn
TX • R
Sponsored 1/27/2026
David McCormick
PA • R
Sponsored 1/27/2026
Lindsey Graham
SC • R
Sponsored 1/27/2026
Mike Lee
UT • R
Sponsored 1/27/2026
Cynthia Lummis
WY • R
Sponsored 1/27/2026
Tim Scott
SC • R
Sponsored 1/27/2026
Roger Marshall
KS • R
Sponsored 1/27/2026
Roll Call Votes
No roll call votes available for this bill.
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