# 119-hr-2383: Protecting Kids from Fentanyl Act of 2025

119-hr-2383, Protecting Kids from Fentanyl Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Neguse, Joe [D-CO-2] (D-CO); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-04-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-2383
- Congress: 119
- Title: Protecting Kids from Fentanyl Act of 2025
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-03-26
- Sponsor: Rep. Neguse, Joe [D-CO-2] (D-CO)
- Cosponsors: 9
- Policy area: Health
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-04-21

## Summary

**Allows Preventive Health and Health Services Block Grants to fund naloxone, staff training, and fentanyl education in schools.** The bill adds three new allowable uses to the Public Health Service Act so schools can get opioid antagonists, train personnel, and provide student awareness materials. - Students and families: Students can receive fentanyl awareness classes or materials in school. - School personnel: School nurses, teachers, school administrators, and school resource officers can be trained to administer naloxone or other opioid antagonists. - Schools and local public health: Local health agencies can use existing Preventive Health and Health Services Block Grants to purchase naloxone for educational institutions and to fund trainings and materials.

## Cosponsors (9)

- Rep. McDowell, Addison P. [R-NC-6] (R-NC), 2025-03-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Panetta, Jimmy [D-CA-19] (D-CA), 2025-04-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Davis, Donald G. [D-NC-1] (D-NC), 2025-04-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Davids, Sharice [D-KS-3] (D-KS), 2025-04-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Gottheimer, Josh [D-NJ-5] (D-NJ), 2025-06-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lawler, Michael [R-NY-17] (R-NY), 2025-10-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Shreve, Jefferson [R-IN-6] (R-IN), 2025-11-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kim, Young [R-CA-40] (R-CA), 2025-11-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bresnahan, Robert P. [R-PA-8] (R-PA), 2025-12-18T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Naloxone and training for schools: benefit, medium. This bill would let states use Preventive Health and Health Services Block Grants to buy naloxone or similar overdose-reversal drugs for schools. Schools could train nurses, teachers, principals, and school resource officers to give these medicines. Students could get fentanyl awareness classes or…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025
- 119-hr-842: Nancy Gardner Sewell Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage Act
- 119-hr-2853: Combating Organized Retail Crime Act of 2025
- 119-hr-1422: Enhanced Iran Sanctions Act of 2025
- 119-hr-5401: Pay Our Troops Act of 2026
- 119-hr-3514: Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act of 2025

## Sources
- [119-hr-2383 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/2383)

## Related
- [119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3151)
- [119-hr-842: Nancy Gardner Sewell Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage A…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-842)
- [119-hr-2853: Combating Organized Retail Crime Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2853)
- [119-hr-1422: Enhanced Iran Sanctions Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1422)
- [119-hr-5401: Pay Our Troops Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-5401)
- [119-hr-3514: Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3514)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2383 (as of 2026-04-21).