HERO Act
Latest action · Mar 6, 2025 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMar 6, 2025
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Helping Emergency Responders Overcome Act or the HERO Act
This bill establishes a series of programs relating to the behavioral health of law enforcement officers, first responders, 9-1-1 operators, and other public safety officers and health care providers.
The programs include
- a public safety officer suicide-reporting system at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,
- a grant program for peer-support behavioral health and wellness programs within fire departments and emergency medical services agencies, and
- a grant program for behavioral health and wellness programs for health care providers.
Cosponsors 45
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 6, 2025 to Nov 5, 2026; 23 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-WA | Adam Smith | Original | Mar 6, 2025 |
| D-NJ | Bonnie Watson Coleman | Original | Mar 6, 2025 |
| R-PA | Brian K. Fitzpatrick | Original | Mar 6, 2025 |
| D-FL | Debbie Wasserman Schultz | Original | Mar 6, 2025 |
| D-NV | Dina Titus | Original | Mar 6, 2025 |
| R-NE | Don Bacon | Original | Mar 6, 2025 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Mar 6, 2025 |
| D-IN | Frank J. Mrvan | Original | Mar 6, 2025 |
| D-NY | George Latimer | Original | Mar 6, 2025 |
| D-CA | Jared Huffman | Original | Mar 6, 2025 |
| D-NJ | Jefferson Van Drew | Original | Mar 6, 2025 |
| D-CA | Jimmy Panetta | Original | Mar 6, 2025 |
| D-CA | Josh Harder | Original | Mar 6, 2025 |
| D-CA | Judy Chu | Original | Mar 6, 2025 |
| D-PA | Madeleine Dean | Original | Mar 6, 2025 |
| D-WI | Mark Pocan | Original | Mar 6, 2025 |
| D-CA | Salud O. Carbajal | Original | Mar 6, 2025 |
| D-IL | Sean Casten | Original | Mar 6, 2025 |
| D-RI | Seth Magaziner | Original | Mar 6, 2025 |
| D-OH | Shontel M. Brown | Original | Mar 6, 2025 |
| D-MI | Shri Thanedar | Original | Mar 6, 2025 |
| D-MA | Stephen F. Lynch | Original | Mar 6, 2025 |
| D-NY | Timothy M. Kennedy | Original | Mar 6, 2025 |
| D-MD | April McClain Delaney | Mar 18, 2025 | |
| D-WA | Kim Schrier | Mar 18, 2025 | |
| D-NY | Laura Gillen | Mar 18, 2025 | |
| D-NY | Thomas R. Suozzi | Mar 18, 2025 | |
| D-MI | Kristen McDonald Rivet | May 7, 2025 | |
| D-NC | Deborah K. Ross | Mar 25, 2026 | |
| D-NJ | Donald Norcross | Mar 25, 2026 | |
| D-VA | Eugene Simon Vindman | Mar 25, 2026 | |
| D-NJ | LaMonica McIver | Mar 25, 2026 | |
| R-NJ | Thomas H. Kean, Jr. | Mar 25, 2026 | |
| D-MA | William R. Keating | Mar 25, 2026 | |
| D-MN | Angie Craig | Apr 15, 2026 | |
| D-MO | Emanuel Cleaver | Apr 23, 2026 | |
| D-CO | Brittany Pettersen | Nov 5, 2026 | |
| D-MD | Glenn Ivey | Nov 5, 2026 | |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Nov 5, 2026 | |
| D-CA | John Garamendi | Nov 5, 2026 | |
| R-NY | Michael Lawler | Nov 5, 2026 | |
| D-CA | Mike Levin | Nov 5, 2026 | |
| D-NY | Paul Tonko | Nov 5, 2026 | |
| D-CA | Ro Khanna | Nov 5, 2026 | |
| D-VA | Suhas Subramanyam | Nov 5, 2026 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Mar 6, 2025 |
| House | Science, Space, and Technology Committee | Referred Mar 6, 2025 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 6, 2025Introduced in House
- Mar 6, 2025Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 171, no. 43, March 6, 2025, page H1039.
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to improve the detection, prevention, and treatment of mental health issues among public safety officers, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- HERO Act
- Helping Emergency Responders Overcome Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Census and government statistics
- Congressional oversight
- Data collection, sharing, protection
- Employment and training programs
- First responders and emergency personnel
- Government information and archives
- Health
- Health information and medical records
- Health personnel
- Health programs administration and funding
- Health promotion and preventive care
- Law enforcement officers
- Medical education
- Medical tests and diagnostic methods
- Mental health
- Neurological disorders
- Right of privacy
- Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
- Tax-exempt organizations
- Worker safety and health
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 6, 2025Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.