House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Public Health Nursing Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedDec 13, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 15, 2023 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6768.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. STANSBURY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 205, December 13, 2023, Page H6943):The single subject of this legislation is: To amend the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to carry out activities to establish, expand, and sustain a public health nursing workforce and for other purposesSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 13, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
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- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6768, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/6768
- 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
22 cosponsors — 22 Democrats
0 of 22 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Cori Bush (D-MO), Yadira Caraveo (D-CO), André Carson (D-IN), Greg Casar (D-TX), Judy Chu (D-CA), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Maxwell Frost (D-FL), Robert Garcia (D-CA), Jesús García (D-IL), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Mary Peltola (D-AK), Katie Porter (D-CA), Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), Delia Ramirez (D-IL), Jill Tokuda (D-HI), Maxine Waters (D-CA), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Melanie Stansbury.
- H.R. 5665 (118th) Promoting Accessibility on Federal Lands Act of 2024
- H.R. 3031 (118th) America's Red Rock Wilderness Act
- H.R. 5871 (118th) Rail Worker and Community Safety Act
- H.Con.Res. 47 (118th) Expressing the need for the Senate to provide advice and consent to ratification of the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity.
- H.R. 8098 (118th) Judicial Ethics Enforcement Act of 2024
- H.R. 7811 (118th) Postsecondary Student Success Act of 2024
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 15, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.