House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Mental Health Justice Act of 2021
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 25, 2021
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 28, 2021 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1368.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. PORTER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 36, February 25, 2021, Page H731):Article 1, Section 8 of the United States ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 25, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 54 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1368, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/1368
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
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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
138 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 137 Democrats
1 of 138 cosponsors (1%) are from the other party.
Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Colin Allred (D-TX), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Donald Beyer (D-VA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Jamaal Bowman (D-NY), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Anthony Brown (D-MD), Cori Bush (D-MO), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Troy Carter (D-LA), Sean Casten (D-IL), Judy Chu (D-CA), David Cicilline (D-RI), Katherine Clark (D-MA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), J. Correa (D-CA), Jim Costa (D-CA), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Angie Craig (D-MN), Jason Crow (D-CO), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA) and 108 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Katie Porter.
- H.R. 1170 (117th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1 League in Irvine, California, as the "Tuskegee Airman…
- H.R. 8542 (117th) Mental Health Justice Act of 2022
- H.R. 1517 (117th) Ending Taxpayer Welfare for Oil and Gas Companies Act of 2021
- H.R. 2994 (117th) Accountability for Acting Officials Act
- H.R. 3216 (117th) To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to create parity for unmarried individuals and heads of household with respect to the temporary…
- H.R. 773 (117th) Medical Debt Relief Act of 2021
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 16, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.