S. 1924

Summary

S. 1924, the Improving Mental Health Access for Students Act, was introduced in the Senate on Jun 2, 2025 by Sen. John Kennedy (R) with 8 co-sponsors. It was referred to Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions, and last saw action on Jun 2, 2025: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Record

Text

S. 1924 has 8 co-sponsors.

119 S1924 IS: Improving Mental Health Access for Students Act
 U.S. Senate
 2025-06-02
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  119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
  S. 1924
  IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
  June 2, 2025
  Mr. Kennedy  (for himself and  Mr. Booker ) introduced the following bill; which was
  read twice and referred to the  Committee on
  Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
  A BILL
To add suicide prevention resources to school identification
  cards.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Improving Mental Health Access for Students Act  .
2.
Adding suicide prevention contact information to school identification
  cards
(a)
In general
Section 487(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1094(a) ) is amended by adding at the end the following:
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(A)
In the case of an institution that creates and distributes identification cards for students at any time after the date of enactment of this paragraph, such institution shall include phone contact information on each such card for the following organizations:
(i)
988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline.
(ii)
Crisis Text Line.
(iii)
A campus mental health center or program, as determined by the institution.
(B)
In the case of an institution that does not create and distribute identification cards for students at any time after the date of enactment of this paragraph, such institution shall publish the suicide prevention contact information specified in subparagraph (A) on the website of such institution.
(C)
If an organization in clause (i) or (ii) of subparagraph (A) ceases to exist, the Secretary may designate a different entity with a similar purpose to be included on the identification card.
  .
(b)
Effective date
The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect beginning on the day that is 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act.

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A bill to add suicide prevention resources to school identification cards.

Sponsors

Sen. John Kennedy (R) sponsors S. 1924, and 8 members have co-sponsored it, 1 of them from the day it was introduced.

John Kennedy

Sen. · R–LA · Sponsor

Introduced Jun 2, 2025

Cory Booker

Sen. · D–NJ · Co-sponsor

Joined Jun 2, 2025 · Original

Cindy Hyde-Smith

Sen. · R–MS · Co-sponsor

Joined Jul 31, 2025

Ted Budd

Sen. · R–NC · Co-sponsor

Joined Oct 23, 2025

David McCormick

Sen. · R–PA · Co-sponsor

Joined Dec 8, 2025

Pete Ricketts

Sen. · R–NE · Co-sponsor

Joined Dec 16, 2025

Raphael Warnock

Sen. · D–GA · Co-sponsor

Joined Dec 16, 2025

Martin Heinrich

Sen. · D–NM · Co-sponsor

Joined Jan 7, 2026

Jeanne Shaheen

Sen. · D–NH · Co-sponsor

Joined Apr 27, 2026

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Committees

S. 1924 went before 1 committee: Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

Referred To · Jun 2, 2025 · 747 Bills

Actions

S. 1924 has taken 2 actions since Jun 2, 2025.

Votes

S. 1924 has not gone to a roll call.

Related bills

1 bill is related to S. 1924, as Identical bill.

HR 3624Improving Mental Health Access for Students ActMay 29, 2025 · Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce. · Identical bill

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Titles

S. 1924 goes by 3 titles, 1 of them short titles.

• Improving Mental Health Access for Students Act — Display Title
• Improving Mental Health Access for Students Act — Short Title(s) as Introduced
• A bill to add suicide prevention resources to school identification cards. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

8 clients hired 7 firms and 35 registered lobbyists who named S. 1924 in 20 quarterly filings, 2025 to 2026. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Health Issues, Medicare/Medicaid, Budget/Appropriations, Education, Veterans, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice, Defense.

Clients

Who paid to be heard, by how many filings named the bill.

Firms

Registrants who filed on the bill, by filings.

Lobbyists

Named on the filings that cite the bill. The 20 named most often, of 35.

Filings

The documents themselves, on the Senate’s Lobbying Disclosure site, largest reported first.

Classification

The Congressional Research Service files S. 1924 under Education, one of its 31 policy areas.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; S. 1924’s is Education.

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