A Democratic bill with no cosponsors
Last activity — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
In committee
Introduced and handed to a committee in the chamber it started in.
The committee holds it, and most bills are never heard from again. A hearing or a committee vote would be news; silence is the usual outcome, and it kills the bill without anyone voting against it.
Its path through Congress
- Introduced
- In Committee
What this bill would do
The Maternal Vaccinations Act aims to amend the Public Health Service Act. The primary goal is to increase vaccination rates among pregnant and postpartum individuals. It updates various subsections of the Public Health Service Act to include these specific groups. The bill also increases funding for specific years. Finally, it expands the scope of activities to include increasing vaccination rates for these individuals and their children.
Yes· 3 of 8
- Scored +7
Would women be better off under this?
The bill directly targets the health of pregnant and postpartum individuals through increased vaccination rates and funding.
- Scored +5
Would children be better off under this?
The bill expands activities to include increasing vaccination rates for children of pregnant and postpartum individuals.
- Scored +5
Would households on low incomes be better off under this?
The bill focuses on increasing vaccination rates among racial and ethnic minority groups which often include low-income populations.
The opposite
No question was scored the opposite.
Who it would affect, and how
Potential Positive Impacts for People
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Increased Vaccination Rates: The bill aims to increase vaccination rates among pregnant and postpartum individuals, as well as individuals from racial and ethnic minority groups and their children (Section 2(a) and Section 2(b)).
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Increased Funding: The bill increases the amount allocated for fiscal years 2027 through 2031 to $17,000,000 (Section 2(a)(4)).
Potential Negative Impacts for People
- No negative impacts are explicitly mentioned in the provided text.
Groups and Interests Ranking
Every group the model scored this bill for, from -10 to +10. Tap or hover a score for the reason it gave.
- Demographic And Interest Groups
- Would women be better off under this? — The bill directly targets the health of pregnant and postpartum individuals through increased vaccination rates and funding. Would Black Americans be better off under this? — The bill includes provisions to increase vaccination rates specifically among racial and ethnic minority groups. Would children be better off under this? — The bill expands activities to include increasing vaccination rates for children of pregnant and postpartum individuals. Would Hispanic Americans be better off under this? — The bill includes provisions to increase vaccination rates specifically among racial and ethnic minority groups. Would households on low incomes be better off under this? — The bill focuses on increasing vaccination rates among racial and ethnic minority groups which often include low-income populations.
- Healthcare
- Does this make health care easier to get in general? — The bill increases funding and expands activities to increase vaccination rates for pregnant and postpartum individuals. Does this put more money into medical research? — The bill increases allocated funding for fiscal years 2027 through 2031 to $17,000,000 for vaccination awareness and equity campaigns.
- Social Issues And Justice
- Does this narrow racial gaps in how people are treated? — The bill specifically targets increasing vaccination rates among individuals from racial and ethnic minority groups.
- 3/18/2026
- Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
- Introduced in Senate
4 bills Congress.gov lists as related to this one — companions in the other chamber, earlier versions, and bills this one absorbed or was folded into.