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H.R. 6451: Mental Health Justice Act of 2023

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H.R. 6451: Mental Health Justice Act of 2023

118th Congress · introduced 2023-11-17 · Health · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2023-11-17 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Porter, Katie [D-CA-47] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Mental Health Justice Act of 2023

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Porter, Katie [D-CA-47] · 161 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA), Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Sean Casten (D-IL), Brendan F. Boyle (D-PA), Robert Garcia (D-CA), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Mark Takano (D-CA), Deborah K. Ross (D-NC), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), Dina Titus (D-NV), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Grace Meng (D-NY), Jesús G. "Chuy" García (D-IL), Delia C. Ramirez (D-IL), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Sara Jacobs (D-CA), Jonathan L. Jackson (D-IL), Troy A. Carter (D-LA), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Andrea Salinas (D-OR), Bill Foster (D-IL), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), Ritchie Torres (D-NY), Kweisi Mfume (D-MD), Robin L. Kelly (D-IL), Judy Chu (D-CA), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA), Melanie A. Stansbury (D-NM), Nikema Williams (D-GA), André Carson (D-IN), Mike Levin (D-CA), Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Becca Balint (D-VT), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Donald S. Beyer, Jr. (D-VA), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Adam Smith (D-WA) and 101 more.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong118-hr6451 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong118 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong118