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Pregnant Women in Custody Act
This bill establishes requirements to address the health needs of incarcerated women related to pregnancy and childbirth. The bill requires the Bureau of Justice Statistics to collect data on the health needs of incarcerated pregnant women at the federal, state, tribal, and local levels. With respect to incarcerated women at the federal level, the bill
With respect to incarcerated women at the state and local levels, the bill requires the Government Accountability Office to study the services and protections for pregnant incarcerated women in state and local correctional settings.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service, describing H.R. 6878 as passed House on Dec 1, 2022. It is not the text of the measure; a later amendment may have changed what it does.
House Dec 1, 2022
Pregnant Women in Custody Act
Passed
324 Yea 90 Nay 17 not voting
Crossed both parties 90 of 414 voting members broke with their own party: 90 Republicans.
DemocratsRepublicansFilled: YeaRing: NayGrey: not voting or present
431 members on this roll call, from the official House record. Party majorities need at least five voting members, so an independent never counts as breaking with a party.
Signing on is not a vote: a member can cosponsor H.R. 6878 and vote against it. 23 signed when it was filed.
Organizations that named H.R. 6878 in a lobbying disclosure. Only those that cited the bill by number appear, so this is a floor, not a full list.
7 disclosures name this measure. Retrieved from LDA.gov on 2026-10-05. Senate Office of Public Records cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from LDA.gov.