Require recipients of federal public transit assistance to display suicide prevention hotline information on public transportation they own or operate.
Commitment kind: action. Promised action: Require recipients of assistance under chapter 53 of title 49 to display suicide prevention hotline information on public transportation they own or operate.. Promised outcome: Suicide prevention hotline information is displayed on public transportation operated by recipients of federal public transit assistance.. Deadline: unknown; not assumed expired. As U.S. Representative for Colorado's 7th District in the 119th Congress, Pettersen introduced H.R. 10216 on September 1, 2026.
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Full Title To amend title 49, United States Code, to require recipients of assistance under chapter 53 of such title to display information regarding the suicide prevention hotline on public transportation owned or operated by the recipient.
Pettersen sponsored H.R. 10216, the Public Transit Mental Health Awareness Act, to require federally assisted public transit recipients to display suicide prevention hotline information on their transit systems.
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"Last Action Date Listed September 1, 2026"; "which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure"
Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Official GovInfo record shows Pettersen's bill was introduced and referred, not enacted, with the last listed action on September 1, 2026.
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"shall display on public transportation owned or operated by the recipient"
Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): The introduced bill text directly matches the commitment by requiring transit-assistance recipients to display suicide prevention hotline information.
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"shall take effect 1 year after the date of enactment"
Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): The requirement would not take effect unless the bill is enacted; the record found no enactment as of October 12, 2026.
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"introduced bipartisan legislation to increase awareness for the 988 helpline"
Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Pettersen's office confirms the legislative effort and frames it as a public awareness campaign using public transit locations.
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"Co-sponsored Oct 6, 2026"
Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Within the September 13 to October 12 lookback window, the bill gained an additional cosponsor, indicating continued effort but not delivery.
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"Recorded votes None taken"
Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): A tracker citing official bill-status data reported no recorded votes as of its October 7, 2026 check, consistent with the bill remaining unresolved.