House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Officer Wellness and Peer Support Act of 2026
Official title: To require a report by the Attorney General on effective strategies and best practices to reduce stigma related to mental health among law enforcement officers.
Sponsor: Rep. Laura Gillen D-NYWhere it went
- IntroducedMay 13, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 13, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8776.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. GILLEN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 81, May 13, 2026, Page H3453):Article I, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 13, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8776, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/8776
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 29, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 30, 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.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of September 29, 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
6 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 3 Democrats
3 of 6 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Thomas Kean (R-NJ), Michael Lawler (R-NY), John Mannion (D-NY), John Rutherford (R-FL).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Laura Gillen.
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- H.R. 9795 (119th) Never Forget the Victims of Terrorism: Joseph D. Mistrulli and Alan Kleinberg USVSST Fund Solvency Act
- H.R. 4019 (119th) Gio’s Law
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 30, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.