House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Pursuing Equity in Mental Health Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 18, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 19, 2023 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3548.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 84, May 18, 2023, Page H2460):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18: To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof. The single subject of this legislation is: To address mental health issues for youth, particularly youth of color.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 18, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 380 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3548, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/3548
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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
57 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 56 Democrats
1 of 57 cosponsors (2%) are from the other party.
Colin Allred (D-TX), Gabe Amo (D-RI), Becca Balint (D-VT), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Shontel Brown (D-OH), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Nikki Budzinski (D-IL), Yadira Caraveo (D-CO), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Troy Carter (D-LA), Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Jasmine Crockett (D-TX), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Veronica Escobar (D-TX), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Valerie Foushee (D-NC), Sylvia Garcia (D-TX), Jesús García (D-IL), Daniel Goldman (D-NY), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Jonathan Jackson (D-IL), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-CA) and 27 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman.
- H.R. 6394 (118th) Semiquincentennial Congressional Time Capsule Act
- H.R. 1729 (118th) Water Affordability, Transparency, Equity, and Reliability Act of 2023
- H.R. 8191 (118th) CROWN Act of 2024
- H.R. 5976 (118th) Youth Mental Health Research Act
- H.R. 4817 (118th) SHADE Act
- H.R. 584 (118th) Stop Online Ammunition Sales Act of 2023
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 14, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.