House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced

Alyssa’s Act of 2025

H.R. 6809Introduced Dec 17, 2025Policy area: Education

Official title: To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to reduce losses of life through better school safety standards and responses, and for other purposes.

Sponsor: Rep. Burgess Owens R-UT

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Where it went

IntroducedDec 17, 2025
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Passed Senate—
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Latest action: Dec 18, 2025 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Counterterrorism and Intelligence.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6809.

Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. OWENS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 213, December 17, 2025, Page H6024):
Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution
Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 17, 2025 ↗
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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

25 cosponsors — 12 Republicans, 13 Democrats

13 of 25 cosponsors (52%) are from the other party.

Don Bacon (R-NE), Donald Davis (D-NC), Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Randy Fine (R-FL), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Carlos Gimenez (R-FL), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Thomas Kean (R-NJ), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Mike Levin (D-CA), Celeste Maloy (R-UT), Lucy McBath (D-GA), John McGuire (R-VA), Blake Moore (R-UT), Jared Moskowitz (D-FL), Maria Salazar (R-FL), Suhas Subramanyam (D-VA), Shri Thanedar (D-MI), Eugene Vindman (D-VA), Ann Wagner (R-MO), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), George Whitesides (D-CA), Frederica Wilson (D-FL).

More from the sponsor

Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Burgess Owens.

Sponsor’s state and district

Utah in Congress · UT-4 district

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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.