HR 1902 · 119th Congress 2025โ€“2027

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.

  1. IntroducedMar 6, 2025
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. 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.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-WAAdam SmithOriginalMar 6, 2025
D-NJBonnie Watson ColemanOriginalMar 6, 2025
R-PABrian K. FitzpatrickOriginalMar 6, 2025
D-FLDebbie Wasserman SchultzOriginalMar 6, 2025
D-NVDina TitusOriginalMar 6, 2025
R-NEDon BaconOriginalMar 6, 2025
D-DCEleanor Holmes NortonOriginalMar 6, 2025
D-INFrank J. MrvanOriginalMar 6, 2025
D-NYGeorge LatimerOriginalMar 6, 2025
D-CAJared HuffmanOriginalMar 6, 2025
D-NJJefferson Van DrewOriginalMar 6, 2025
D-CAJimmy PanettaOriginalMar 6, 2025
D-CAJosh HarderOriginalMar 6, 2025
D-CAJudy ChuOriginalMar 6, 2025
D-PAMadeleine DeanOriginalMar 6, 2025
D-WIMark PocanOriginalMar 6, 2025
D-CASalud O. CarbajalOriginalMar 6, 2025
D-ILSean CastenOriginalMar 6, 2025
D-RISeth MagazinerOriginalMar 6, 2025
D-OHShontel M. BrownOriginalMar 6, 2025
D-MIShri ThanedarOriginalMar 6, 2025
D-MAStephen F. LynchOriginalMar 6, 2025
D-NYTimothy M. KennedyOriginalMar 6, 2025
D-MDApril McClain DelaneyMar 18, 2025
D-WAKim SchrierMar 18, 2025
D-NYLaura GillenMar 18, 2025
D-NYThomas R. SuozziMar 18, 2025
D-MIKristen McDonald RivetMay 7, 2025
D-NCDeborah K. RossMar 25, 2026
D-NJDonald NorcrossMar 25, 2026
D-VAEugene Simon VindmanMar 25, 2026
D-NJLaMonica McIverMar 25, 2026
R-NJThomas H. Kean, Jr.Mar 25, 2026
D-MAWilliam R. KeatingMar 25, 2026
D-MNAngie CraigApr 15, 2026
D-MOEmanuel CleaverApr 23, 2026
D-COBrittany PettersenNov 5, 2026
D-MDGlenn IveyNov 5, 2026
D-MAJames P. McGovernNov 5, 2026
D-CAJohn GaramendiNov 5, 2026
R-NYMichael LawlerNov 5, 2026
D-CAMike LevinNov 5, 2026
D-NYPaul TonkoNov 5, 2026
D-CARo KhannaNov 5, 2026
D-VASuhas SubramanyamNov 5, 2026

Committees 2

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseEnergy and Commerce Committee
Referred Mar 6, 2025
HouseScience, Space, and Technology Committee
Referred Mar 6, 2025

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Mar 6, 2025Introduced in House
  2. 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.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
HouseDebate and remarks H2206Ami Bera D-CAFeb 12, 2026

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

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: mental health

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.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Mar 6, 2025Introduced in House

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