House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Protecting First Responders from Secondary Exposure Act of 2025
Official title: To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to authorize the use of grant amounts for providing training and resources for first responders on the use of containment devices to prevent secondary exposure to fentanyl and other potentially lethal substances, and purchasing such containment devices for use by first responders.
Sponsor: Rep. David Joyce R-OHWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 22, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
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- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 22, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 621.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. JOYCE of Ohio, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 13, January 22, 2025, Page H300):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 22, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 31 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 621, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/621
- 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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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of September 19, 2026). 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
28 cosponsors — 8 Republicans, 20 Democrats
20 of 28 cosponsors (71%) are from the other party.
Don Bacon (R-NE), Janelle Bynum (D-OR), Angie Craig (D-MN), Jason Crow (D-CO), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Scott DesJarlais (R-TN), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Laura Gillen (D-NY), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Abraham Hamadeh (R-AZ), Josh Harder (D-CA), Mike Kelly (R-PA), Greg Landsman (D-OH), Summer Lee (D-PA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Ryan Mackenzie (R-PA), Kristen McDonald Rivet (D-MI), Dave Min (D-CA), Joe Neguse (D-CO), Chris Pappas (D-NH), Marie Perez (D-WA), Josh Riley (D-NY), Kim Schrier (D-WA), Christopher Smith (R-NJ), Thomas Suozzi (D-NY), Claudia Tenney (R-NY), Gabe Vasquez (D-NM), Eugene Vindman (D-VA).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. David Joyce.
- H.R. 2853 (119th) Combating Organized Retail Crime Act of 2025
- H.R. 9327 (119th) PEARL Act
- H.R. 1005 (119th) Combating the Lies of Authoritarians in School Systems Act
- H.R. 5166 (119th) Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2026
- H.R. 8495 (119th) Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2027
- H.R. 1477 (119th) Animal Cruelty Enforcement Act of 2025
Related bills
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
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.