The record

LegislationLegislation· Jun 2025
HR 248 Passed House — in Senate

Sponsored by Lauren Underwood (D)

Baby Changing on Board Act

Requires Amtrak passenger trains to have baby changing tables in at least one restroom per car.

Tradeoff

Mandates baby changing tables on newly purchased Amtrak trains. No offsetting cost or revenue provision in the bill.

What's in it

See official bill text

No federal cost or deficit impact over 10 years; imposes private-sector mandate on Amtrak estimated below the $203 million UMRA threshold.

The federal government has no budget cost because Amtrak is a nonfederal entity; the policy's real impact is the requirement Amtrak install baby changing tables and signage in new trains, a cost the CBO estimates falls below the private-sector mandate threshold of $203 million.

H.R. 248, Baby Changing on Board Act · Jun 2025

Passed the House by on June 9, 2025 — sitting in the Senate.

  1. House

    Introduced

    (Jan 9, 2025)

  2. House

    Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure(Jan 9, 2025)

  3. House

    The Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure voted to send it to the floor

    Reported by (Apr 2, 2025)

    Committee report H. Rept. 119-146.

  4. House

    Passage of the bill

    Passed by (Jun 9, 2025)

    No individual votes were recorded.

  5. Senate

    Received from the House

    on Commerce, Science, and Transportation(Jun 10, 2025)