HR 248
Passed a chamber
Requires newly purchased Amtrak passenger trains to include a baby changing table in at least one restroom in each car, including ADA-compliant restrooms.
Official title: Baby Changing on Board Act
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
House
Introduced
09-JAN-2025
Referred
09-JAN-2025
Approved by committee
02-APR-2025
Reported
06-JUN-2025
On the calendar
06-JUN-2025
Passed
09-JUN-2025
Senate
Received
10-JUN-2025
- Covers passenger rail trains that Amtrak owns and solicits for purchase after the bill's enactment, but not trains Amtrak operates without owning.
- Requires at least one restroom in each car, including ADA-compliant restrooms, to have a baby changing table.
- Requires signage that shows where each restroom and baby changing table is located.
- Defines a baby changing table as a freestanding, elevated structure that supports a child up to 30 pounds in a horizontal position.
Covers an older version. The newest CRS summary describes the bill as of "Introduced in House" (09-JAN-2025); the text has changed since (Engrossed in House, 09-JUN-2025).
CRS is the Library of Congress's nonpartisan research office. Read it on congress.gov- Transportation and Infrastructure Committee (House)
- Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials Subcommittee
- Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee (Senate)
Transportation and Public Works
■ 4 R■ 3 D
3 Democrats