House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Public Health Nursing Act
Official title: 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 purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Melanie Stansbury D-NMWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 8, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 8, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6989.
- 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. 172, No. 5, January 8, 2026, Page H253):Article 1, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 8, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
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- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6989, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/6989
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 30, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 1, 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
15 cosponsors — 15 Democrats
0 of 15 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Nikki Budzinski (D-IL), Judy Chu (D-CA), Maxwell Frost (D-FL), Robert Garcia (D-CA), Daniel Goldman (D-NY), Adelita Grijalva (D-AZ), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Julie Johnson (D-TX), April McClain Delaney (D-MD), Kweisi Mfume (D-MD), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), James Walkinshaw (D-VA), Maxine Waters (D-CA).
More from the sponsor
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Related bills
- S. 3604 (119th) Public Health Nursing ActIdentical bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Oct 1, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.