BCRA of 2025
This bill requires states receiving certain federal law enforcement funds to submit quarterly, anonymous reports to the Attorney General about pregnant individuals and births in custody. It mandates data on pregnancy testing, prenatal care, birth outcomes, restraint use (including during labor), postpartum care, and restrictive housing for incarcerated pregnant people. States failing to comply face up to a 10% reduction in allocated federal funds. The reports will be publicly published, and the Attorney General must conduct a study to analyze the data and improve care standards. The bill affects all states with correctional facilities (including jails, prisons, and boot camps) that receive funding under the specified federal program.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Oct 2025
Committee Review
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Introduced Oct 31, 2025
Last action Oct 31, 2025
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Oct 31, 2025
Committee
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
lower
Oct 31, 2025
Introduced
Introduced in House
lower
1 primary · 14 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Frederica S. Wilson
DDemocratic
Co
Andrea Salinas
DDemocratic
Co
Bennie G. Thompson
DDemocratic
Co
David Scott
DDemocratic
Co
Deborah K. Ross
DDemocratic
Co
Eleanor Holmes Norton
DDemocratic
Co
Emanuel Cleaver
DDemocratic
Co
Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.
DDemocratic
Co
Jasmine Crockett
DDemocratic
Co
Jefferson Van Drew
RRepublican
Co
Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.
DDemocratic
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