House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Public Transit Mental Health Awareness Act
Official title: To amend title 49, United States Code, to require recipients of assistance under chapter 53 of such title to display information regarding the suicide prevention hotline on public transportation owned or operated by the recipient.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedSep 1, 2026
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- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
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- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 1, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 10216.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. PETTERSEN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 138, September 1, 2026, Page H5425):Article 1 Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 1, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 19 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 10216, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/10216
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 7, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 10, 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.
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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
13 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 11 Democrats
2 of 13 cosponsors (15%) are from the other party.
Danny Davis (D-IL), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Deborah Ross (D-NC), Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA), Melanie Stansbury (D-NM), Shri Thanedar (D-MI), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Brittany Pettersen.
- H.R. 528 (119th) Post-Disaster Reforestation and Restoration Act
- H.Res. 23 (119th) Proxy Voting for New Parents Resolution
- H.R. 3694 (119th) VALID Act of 2025
- H.R. 1734 (119th) Preventing Deep Fake Scams Act
- H.R. 10036 (119th) Constituent Services Impacts of Federal Workforce Firings Act
- H.R. 10593 (119th) Permanently Authorizing PILT Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Oct 10, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.