119th Congress
H.R. 1902
HERO Act
- Introduced
- In committee
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To President
- Became law
- Sponsor
- Ami Bera(D-CA)
- Introduced
- Mar 6, 2025
- Policy area
- Health
- Committees
- House Committee on Energy and Commerce; House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology
- Official text
- Introduced in House · Congress.gov page
Cosponsors (36)
Original cosponsors (23)
- Adam Smith (D-WA)
- Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ)
- Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA)
- Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL)
- Dina Titus (D-NV)
- Don Bacon (R-NE)
- Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC)
- Frank J. Mrvan (D-IN)
- George Latimer (D-NY)
- Jared Huffman (D-CA)
- Jefferson Van Drew (R-NJ)
- Jimmy Panetta (D-CA)
- Josh Harder (D-CA)
- Judy Chu (D-CA)
- Madeleine Dean (D-PA)
- Mark Pocan (D-WI)
- Salud O. Carbajal (D-CA)
- Sean Casten (D-IL)
- Seth Magaziner (D-RI)
- Shontel M. Brown (D-OH)
- Shri Thanedar (D-MI)
- Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA)
- Timothy M. Kennedy (D-NY)
Added later (13)
- April McClain Delaney (D-MD) · Mar 18, 2025
- Kim Schrier (D-WA) · Mar 18, 2025
- Laura Gillen (D-NY) · Mar 18, 2025
- Thomas R. Suozzi (D-NY) · Mar 18, 2025
- Kristen McDonald Rivet (D-MI) · May 7, 2025
- Deborah K. Ross (D-NC) · Mar 25, 2026
- Donald Norcross (D-NJ) · Mar 25, 2026
- Eugene Simon Vindman (D-VA) · Mar 25, 2026
- LaMonica McIver (D-NJ) · Mar 25, 2026
- Thomas H. Kean, Jr. (R-NJ) · Mar 25, 2026
- William R. Keating (D-MA) · Mar 25, 2026
- Angie Craig (D-MN) · Apr 15, 2026
- Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO) · Apr 23, 2026
Summary
Summary by the Congressional Research Service· describes the “Introduced in House” version
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.
Roll-call votes
No recorded votes on this bill.
Actions
- Mar 6, 2025 · House
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. - Mar 6, 2025
Introduced in House