House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Suicide Prevention Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 15, 2020
- Committee actionJul 15, 2020
- Passed HouseSep 21, 2020 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 22, 2020 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5619.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5619, Suicide Prevention Act” on October 2, 2020. CBO’s description reads “As passed by the House of Representatives on September 21, 2020”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 2, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/56651
- CBO publication date
- October 2, 2020
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5619, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/5619
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 116-520 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on September 18, 2020.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 18, 2020 ↗
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- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/520
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5619, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/5619
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6733b391b8796ad5870e26ceadfe9712dc9cafc0c7e99d0fd8356b177b5a3706
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. STEWART, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 166, No. 9, January 15, 2020, Page H300):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 15, 2020 ↗
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- Statement length
- 64 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5619, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/5619
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6733b391b8796ad5870e26ceadfe9712dc9cafc0c7e99d0fd8356b177b5a3706
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
5 cosponsors — 5 Democrats
5 of 5 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
David Cicilline (D-RI), Antonio Delgado (D-NY), Josh Harder (D-CA), Doris Matsui (D-CA), David Trone (D-MD).
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Chris Stewart.
- H.R. 4194 (116th) National Suicide Hotline Designation Act of 2019
- H.R. 244 (116th) Advancing Conservation and Education Act
- H.R. 5396 (116th) FISA Improvements Act of 2019
- H.R. 5331 (116th) Fairness for All Act
- H.R. 5445 (116th) Critical Infrastructure Act of 2019
- H.R. 5490 (116th) To amend section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, to require that annual budget submissions of the President to Congress provide…
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 20, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.