Colleges must tell pregnant students about their rights and support services
H.R. 6359 — Pregnant Students’ Rights Act · Filed by Ashley Hinson (R-IA) · 3 cosponsors · Introduced Dec 2, 2025 · Passed chamber
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What it does
This bill requires colleges and universities that receive federal funding to inform students about their rights, accommodations, and campus/community resources related to pregnancy and parenting. Institutions must distribute this information annually via email, student handbooks, orientation, health centers, and their websites. The bill does not create new rights—it mandates disclosure of existing Title IX protections and available support services for pregnant and parenting students.
Why we flagged it
The bill's operative mechanism is a straightforward information-dissemination requirement. It mandates that colleges disclose existing legal rights and available resources to students; it does not create new substantive rights or impose new obligations beyond disclosure.
What the text implies
- The bill's framing emphasizes pregnancy carried to term and parenting support, but does not restrict institutions from also providing information about other pregnancy-related options or services, leaving the scope of 'resources' potentially subject to institutional interpretation.
- Institutions must disclose Title IX protections 'on account of such student's determination to carry a baby to term,' which may create a narrow reading of Title IX pregnancy discrimination that focuses on one outcome rather than the full scope of pregnancy-related protections.
- The rule of construction in subsection (4) explicitly limits the bill to information dissemination and does not establish new substantive rights, meaning compliance is satisfied by disclosure alone—institutions need not expand actual accommodations or services.
Section numbers refer to the bill text the analysis read — linked under Primary records below.
Who it affects
The bill increases transparency and access to information about existing legal protections and support services for pregnant students, removing informational barriers that may prevent students from knowing their rights or accessing available accommodations. There are no restrictions on student rights, no new costs imposed on students, and no liability shields granted to institutions.
Named in the bill
Department of Education, institutions of higher education, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, Higher Education Act of 1965
Where it stands
3 cosponsors: 3 Republicans.
- Dec 2, 2025 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Dec 2, 2025 — Referred to House Committee on Education and Workforce · Congress.gov: “Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce”
- Jan 8, 2026 — Markup held in committee · Congress.gov: “Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held”
- Jan 8, 2026 — Reported out of committee · Congress.gov: “Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 21 - 15”
- Jan 22, 2026 — Passed the House · Congress.gov: “On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 217 - 211 (Roll no. 47).”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Money around this bill
2 lobbying clients named this bill on 3 disclosure filings across 2 quarters, Dec 2025 to Jun 2026. Those filings disclosed $575,000 in lobbying spend. A filing names 29 bills on average, so that figure is what each filing reported, not a share belonging to this bill.
More lobbying clients named this bill than 41% of bills with at least one filing.
Ashley Hinson, the sponsor, reported $963,000 in PAC receipts in the 2026 cycle.
- Susan B Anthony List — $420,000 on 1 filing
- National Assn of Independent Colleges & Universities — $155,000 on 2 filings
Lobbying Disclosure Act filings through Jul 20, 2026. A filing shows who paid to lobby on a bill it names, not what changed.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (2,564 characters) on Jul 11, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 16,222 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
Money — Senate Lobbying Disclosure Act filings whose specific-issue field names this bill for quarters ending Dec 2025 to Jun 2026. A filing's amount is reported whole beside the median number of bills a filing names; it is never divided across them. PAC receipts are FEC-reported contributions to the sponsor's candidate committee in the 2026 cycle.
As of — lobbying records through Jul 20, 2026 · page rendered 2026-10-20.
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