S 825 United States Senate · 119th Congress

Fighting Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Act of 2025

S 825 requires the Justice Department to develop a report within 150 days on programs providing evidence-based mental health care for public safety officers, including police, firefighters, EMTs, and 911 dispatchers. The report must outline how to deliver trauma-informed care, peer support, and family services through in-person or telehealth options, while ensuring confidentiality for officers seeking help. It also needs to detail administrative efficiency across states and territories, draft necessary grant conditions, and estimate annual funding needs. This bill does not fund programs but sets a framework for future action based on the high rates of PTSD and suicide among these frontline workers.
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2025
Committee Review
May 2026
Senate Passage
Jun 2026
House Passage
President
Introduced Mar 4, 2025 Last action Jun 15, 2026
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Introduced in Senate Engrossed in Senate · 2 edits · Jun 10, 2026
MINOR
The bill made two minor changes to a provision requiring the Attorney General to consult stakeholders when developing a report on public safety officers and telecommunicators. The hyphen in 'non-governmental' was removed, and the final clause was restructured from two separate 'interests of' phrases into a single consolidated list of three groups (officers, telecommunicators, and family members). These are primarily technical and clarifying edits that do not materially change policy.
TECHNICAL

Changed 'non-governmental' to 'nongovernmental' by removing the hyphen.

Restructured the final clause from two separate phrases ('the interests of public safety officers and public safety telecommunicators and the interests of family members...') into a single list ('the interests of public safety officers, public safety telecommunicators, and family members...'), clarifying that all three groups are covered under one category of organizations.

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This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
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Actions timeline

Total actions
10
Key actions
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Committee
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Jun 10, 2026
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate with amendments by Voice Vote. (consideration: CR S2723, S2726-2727; text: CR S2726-2727)
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Jun 10, 2026
Upper · Passed
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with amendments by Voice Vote.
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May 19, 2026
Upper · Passed
Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Grassley with amendments. Without written report.
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May 14, 2026
Upper · Passed
Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported with amendments favorably.
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Mar 4, 2025
Committee
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
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Mar 4, 2025
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
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1 primary · 19 co-sponsors

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