House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Barriers to Suicide Act of 2025
Official title: To direct the Secretary of Transportation to establish a grant program to facilitate the installation, on certain infrastructure, of evidence-based suicide deterrents, including suicide prevention nets and barriers, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 20, 2025
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- Passed House—
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Latest action: May 20, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3505.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BEYER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 85, May 20, 2025, Page H2198):Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution of the United States.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 20, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
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- Statement length
- 62 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3505, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/3505
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 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
45 cosponsors — 5 Republicans, 40 Democrats
5 of 45 cosponsors (11%) are from the other party.
Gabe Amo (D-RI), Wesley Bell (D-MO), Robert Bresnahan (R-PA), André Carson (D-IN), Gilbert Cisneros (D-CA), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Angie Craig (D-MN), Sharice Davids (D-KS), Danny Davis (D-IL), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Christopher Deluzio (D-PA), Maxine Dexter (D-OR), Veronica Escobar (D-TX), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Laura Friedman (D-CA), Josh Harder (D-CA), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Julie Johnson (D-TX), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), George Latimer (D-NY), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Ryan Mackenzie (R-PA), Seth Magaziner (D-RI), Sarah McBride (D-DE), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Kelly Morrison (D-MN), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC) and 15 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Donald Beyer.
- H.J.Res. 63 (119th) Redesignating the Robert E. Lee Memorial as the "Arlington House National Historic Site".
- H.R. 1657 (119th) Humane Cosmetics Act of 2025
- H.R. 2033 (119th) Military Spouse Hiring Act
- H.R. 6617 (119th) Keeping All Students Safe Act
- H.R. 9047 (119th) Arlington National Cemetery Viewshed Protection Act
- H.R. 5674 (119th) Emergency Relief for Federal Workers Act of 2025
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 24, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.