H.R. 4582 · 118th Congress

Protecting Kids from Fentanyl Act of 2023

Introduced on Jul 12, 2023 by Doug Lamborn (R-CO-5). 16 cosponsors, 7 of them from another party. Latest action (Jul 14, 2023): Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Stage
Introduced
Introduced
Jul 12, 2023
Cosponsors
16
7 from the other party
Policy area
Health
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Progress

The furthest stage the measure reached. Simple and concurrent resolutions do not go to the President.

  1. Introduced
  2. 2Reported by committee
  3. 3Passed one chamber
  4. 4Passed both chambers
  5. 5Sent to the President
  6. 6Became law

Official title

To amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize the use of Preventive Health and Health Services Block Grants to purchase life-saving opioid antagonists for schools and to provide related training and education to students and teachers, and for other purposes.

Subjects

  • Drug therapy
  • Drug trafficking and controlled substances
  • Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
  • Education programs funding
  • Elementary and secondary education
  • Health programs administration and funding
  • Health promotion and preventive care

Summary

By the Congressional Research Service (Introduced in House, Jul 12, 2023). Public domain.

Protecting Kids from Fentanyl Act of 2023

This bill permits the use of the Preventive Health and Health Services Block Grant to address fentanyl in educational institutions. Specifically, grant funds may be used to (1) purchase naloxone or other opioid overdose reversal drugs for educational institutions, (2) train school nurses and other personnel on how to administer them, and (3) provide fentanyl awareness classes or materials to students.

Sponsor and cosponsors

Cosponsors by party as of the day they signed on. Original cosponsors signed on the day of introduction.

Doug LambornR-CO-5Sponsor

Democrats · 7

Republicans · 9

Roll calls

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History

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  1. Jul 12, 2023Introduced in House
  2. Jul 12, 2023Introduced in House
  3. Jul 12, 2023 · HouseReferred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
  4. Jul 14, 2023 · HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Committees

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Who lobbied on it

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  1. EMERGENT BIOSOLUTIONS INC.9 reports
    $1.6M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: EMERGENT BIOSOLUTIONS CANADA INC$118.3M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  2. American Civil Liberties Union1 report
    $290K reported (all issues)

Reports filed in 2023, 2024.

Sources and method

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  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives)Clerk of the House, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (organizations only; lobbyists' names are not loaded) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.