H.R. 5147BABIES Act

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Sponsor: David Cicilline [D-RI-01]
Cosponsors: 28 · 27 Democrats · 1 Republican
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Committee: Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
Latest action: Oct 7, 2016 · Became Public Law No: 114-235.

IntroducedApr 29, 2016
Passed the HouseSep 21, 2016
Passed the SenateSep 29, 2016
Sent to the PresidentOct 3, 2016
Became lawOct 7, 2016

What the measure doesCRS summary

(This measure has not been amended since it passed the House on September 21, 2016. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Bathrooms Accessible in Every Situation or BABIES Act

(Sec. 2) This bill requires restrooms in a public building to be equipped with baby changing facilities that the General Services Administration (GSA) determines are physically safe, sanitary, and appropriate. "Public building" means a public building controlled by the GSA's Public Building Service.

Such requirement shall be subject to any reasonable accommodations that may be made for individuals in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Such requirement shall be inapplicable:

to a restroom in a public building that is not available or accessible for public use,

to a restroom that contains clear and conspicuous signage indicating where a restroom with a baby changing table is located on the same floor of such building,
if new construction would be required to install a baby changing facility in the building and the cost of such construction is unfeasible, or
to a building not subject to an alteration for which any appropriations must be approved by the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works and the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service, describing H.R. 5147 as public Law on Oct 7, 2016. It is not the text of the measure; a later amendment may have changed what it does.

How every member votedHouse roll call 541

House Sep 21, 2016

On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended

Bathrooms Accessible in Every Situation (BABIES) Act

Passed · Two-thirds required

389 Yea 34 Nay 8 not voting

Crossed both parties 34 of 423 voting members broke with their own party: 34 Republicans.

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All members431 members

Democratic186 members

Republican245 members

marks half of the votes cast. A party’s majority is the side most of its voting members took.

Cosponsors28 · 27 Democrats · 1 Republican

Signing on is not a vote: a member can cosponsor H.R. 5147 and vote against it. 17 signed when it was filed.

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