PRIA Logo™
119-s-778119th CongressWALLET

Lactation Spaces for Veteran Moms Act

Sponsored By: Senator Rosen, Jacky [D-NV]

Passed Senate

Summary

This bill would require lactation spaces in every Department of Veterans Affairs medical center, setting clear design features, accessibility rules, phased deadlines, and annual progress reports to veterans' committees. It defines what counts as a lactation space and limits locations so rooms are private and not bathrooms.

Show full summary
  • Women veterans and visitors gain access to private, non-bathroom rooms to express breast milk. Each room must be shielded from view, free from intrusion, clearly signed, and include a chair and a working surface.
  • VA medical centers must meet the new standards, with at least 80% compliant within 2 years and all centers compliant within 3 years. The law also says facilities may not force entry rights beyond usual authorizations.
  • Rooms must be accessible to people with disabilities, including wheelchair users. The VA must send annual reports to the Senate and House veterans' committees listing centers with and without lactation spaces and plans and timelines to finish them.

Personalized for You

How does this bill affect your finances?

Personalize government policy and PRIA will tell you what this bill means for your household, plus every other piece of legislation we track. PRIA reads each provision against your financial profile to show you exactly what matters to your wallet.

Free to download

Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

2 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.

Lactation rooms at all VA hospitals

This bill would require a clean, private lactation room at every VA medical center. It would not be a bathroom and would be shielded from view and free from intrusion. It would be accessible to people with disabilities, with a chair and a work surface. It would be easy to find with clear signs and open to women veterans and the public to pump milk. Within two years, at least 80% of centers would comply; within three years, all centers would.

No new entry rights at VA centers

The bill would not let people enter parts of a VA medical center where they are not already allowed. It would keep current access and security rules in place.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Rosen, Jacky [D-NV]

NV • D

Cosponsors

  • Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK]

    AK • R

    Sponsored 2/27/2025

Roll Call Votes

No roll call votes available for this bill.

View on Congress.gov
Back to Legislation