The record

LegislationLegislation· May 2026
S 71 Passed Senate — in House

Sponsored by Peter Welch (D)

Baby Changing on Board Act

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

Tradeoff

Mandates baby changing tables on newly purchased Amtrak passenger trains. No funding or cost offset specified in the bill.

What's in it

See official bill text

No federal budgetary cost or savings; private-sector mandate cost below the $214 million UMRA threshold.

The federal government bears zero cost because Amtrak and rail services are nonfederal entities; the cost falls entirely on the rail operators who must add signage to baby changing tables already being installed, which is below the federal threshold for requiring cost-benefit analysis of private-sector mandates.

S. 71, Baby Changing on Board Act · Feb 2026

Passed the Senate by on May 11, 2026 — sitting in the House.

  1. Senate

    Introduced

    (Jan 13, 2025)

  2. Senate

    Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation(Jan 13, 2025)

  3. Senate

    The Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation voted to send it to the floor

    Reported(Feb 12, 2026)

    Committee report S. Rept. 119-118.

  4. Senate

    Passage of the bill

    Passed by (May 11, 2026)

    No individual votes were recorded.

  5. House

    Received from the Senate

    Received(May 12, 2026)