S 778 United States Senate · 119th Congress

Lactation Spaces for Veteran Moms Act

This bill requires every Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) medical center to provide dedicated lactation spaces for women veterans and the public. It mandates these spaces be private, accessible (including for wheelchair users), equipped with seating and a surface, clearly marked, and free from bathroom use. The law directly affects women veterans and other users who need to express breast milk at VA facilities. The VA must implement these changes within two years of the bill's enactment.

Issues: ✓ Healthcare ✓ Veterans

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2025

Committee Review

Oct 2025

Senate Passage

Nov 2025

House Passage

President

Introduced Feb 27, 2025 Last action Nov 12, 2025

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Introduced in Senate → Engrossed in Senate · 2 edits · Nov 9, 2025

MINOR

The bill was amended to replace a single two-year deadline for VA medical centers to provide lactation spaces with a phased compliance schedule (80 percent within two years, 100 percent within three years) and to add an annual reporting requirement to Congress tracking progress until all centers are in compliance. This gives the Department more time to reach full compliance while adding accountability through regular congressional oversight.

TIMELINE

The original single deadline of two years for all VA medical centers to comply with the lactation space requirement was replaced with a phased timeline: at least 80 percent of medical centers must be in compliance within two years, and all medical centers must be in compliance within three years.

ENFORCEMENT

A new annual reporting requirement was added. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs must submit reports to the Senate and House Veterans' Affairs Committees starting one year after enactment, listing which medical centers have or lack a lactation space, describing actions taken for non-compliant centers, and providing timelines for completion. Reporting ends once all centers are confirmed compliant.

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This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).

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Committee

Nov 9, 2025

Upper · Passed

Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S8036; text: CR S8036)

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Nov 9, 2025

Upper · Passed

Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.

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Oct 22, 2025

Upper · Passed

Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Reported by Senator Moran with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.

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Jul 30, 2025

Upper · Passed

Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.

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May 21, 2025

Upper · Passed

Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 119-86.

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Feb 27, 2025

Committee

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

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Feb 27, 2025

Introduced

Introduced in Senate

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1 primary · 1 co-sponsor