U.S. House · 117th Congress, session 2 · Roll call 452

On Passage

H.R. 8542: Mental Health Justice Act of 2022

To amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize grants to States, Indian Tribes, Tribal organizations, Urban Indian organizations, and political subdivisions thereof to hire, employ, train, and dispatch mental health professionals to respond in lieu of law enforcement officers in emergencies involving one or more persons with a mental illness or an intellectual or developmental disability, and for other purposes.

Passed · 223 Yea, 206 Nay

Held
September 22, 2022, 4:08 PM EDT
Vote type
Final passage
Party-unity vote
Yes (most Democrats and most Republicans voted opposite ways)
Official record
clerk.house.gov

How each party voted

Members are shown in the party they belonged to on the day of the vote, as the official record lists them. In our statistics, independents are counted with the party they caucus with.

VoteDemocratRepublicanTotal
Yea2203223
Nay0206206
Not voting033
Members220212432

How each member voted

Yea (223)

Nay (206)

Not voting (3)