Senate Passes Bill Requiring Private Lactation Spaces at All VA Medical Centers
The Senate has passed this bill, and it is currently waiting at the desk for further action. It is actively moving through the legislative process as it awaits next steps. There is no companion bill mentioned at this time.
This bill has already passed the Senate and addresses a non-partisan issue regarding veteran health and basic facility standards that typically receives broad support.
This bill’s path across every version that has carried it.
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Women veterans who are breastfeeding will have guaranteed access to a private, clean, and accessible space at every VA medical center. This removes a real barrier many nursing mothers face when visiting VA facilities for healthcare appointments, ensuring they no longer have to choose between attending medical visits and maintaining their breastfeeding schedule. While this directly benefits a relatively small share of all veterans, it creates a permanent structural improvement in how VA facilities serve women.
“``(7) is available for use by women veterans and members of the public to express breast milk.”
Held at the desk.
Received in the House.
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Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S8036; text: CR S8036)
The Senate voted to approve this bill. If the House already passed it, it goes to the President.
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
The Senate voted to approve this bill. If the House already passed it, it goes to the President.
The Lactation Spaces for Veteran Moms Act requires the VA to include hygienic lactation spaces—shielded from view, private, ADA-accessible, and clearly identifiable—in at least 80% of its medical centers within two years, and in 100% of them within three. President Trump signed it into law.
The Senate passed the Lactation Spaces for Veteran Moms Act unanimously. The bill ensures that veteran mothers have access to private, clean facilities to breastfeed or pump, addressing a gap where only half of VA centers previously offered such spaces, often only for employees.
Sen. Lisa Murkowski and Sen. Jacky Rosen joined Rep. Lauren Underwood to introduce the Lactation Spaces for Veteran Moms Act. The bill mandates that all VA-managed medical centers contain a hygienic, private space specifically for nursing veterans, employees, and their partners.
No votes recorded for this bill yet.
Document Type
Congressional Bill
Official Title
Lactation Spaces for Veteran Moms Act
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