House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Student Mental Health Rights Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 25, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 25, 2023 — Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3726.
- 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. 169, No. 89, May 25, 2023, Page H2641):Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: To direct the Secretary of Education to study student mental health at institutions of higher education and to issue guidance on compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 for mental health and substance use disorder policies of institutions of higher education, and for other purposes.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 25, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 392 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3726, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/3726
- 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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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
10 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 9 Democrats
1 of 10 cosponsors (10%) are from the other party.
Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Scott Peters (D-CA), Dean Phillips (D-MN), Darren Soto (D-FL), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Katie Porter.
- H.R. 5658 (118th) Vote by Mail Tracking Act
- H.R. 5509 (118th) Electronic Permitting Modernization Act
- H.R. 3386 (118th) Bottles and Breastfeeding Equipment Screening Enhancement Act
- H.R. 6451 (118th) Mental Health Justice Act of 2023
- H.R. 1602 (118th) SVB Act
- H.R. 6003 (118th) Medical Debt Relief 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.