Key Votes
HR 1592 - Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2007 - Key Vote
National Key Votes
Jeff Fortenberry voted Nay (Passage) on this legislation.
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Legislation - Bill Sent To Committee (Senate) - May 7, 2007
Legislation - Bill Passed (House) (237-180) - May 3, 2007 (Key vote)
Title: Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2007
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to pass a bill that amends the federal definition of a hate crime to include gender identity and sexual orientation.
Highlights:
- Allows the Attorney General to provide assistance for the criminal investigation of crimes that are considered a felony and are motivated by prejudice based on the perceived or actual race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, or disability of the victim (Sec. 3).
- Requires that anyone who commits a crime due to actual or perceived religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, or disability can be sentenced to no more than 10 years, unless kidnapping, attempted kidnapping, aggravated sexual abuse, attempted aggravated sexual abuse, or an attempt to kill is involved (Sec. 6).
Legislation - Introduced (House) - March 20, 2007
Title: Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2007
Sponsors
Co-sponsors
- Neil Abercrombie (HI - D) (Out Of Office)
- Gary L. Ackerman (NY - D) (Out Of Office)
- Thomas H. 'Tom' Allen (ME - D) (Out Of Office)
- Robert E. 'Rob' Andrews (NJ - D)
- Michael A. Arcuri (NY - D) (Out Of Office)
- Joe Baca Sr. (CA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Brian N. Baird (WA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Tammy Baldwin (WI - D) (Out Of Office)
- Melissa Bean (IL - D) (Out Of Office)
- Xavier Becerra (CA - D)
- Shelley Berkley (NV - D) (Out Of Office)
- Howard L. Berman (CA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Judy Biggert (IL - R) (Out Of Office)
- Sanford D. Bishop Jr. (GA - D)
- Timothy H. 'Tim' Bishop (NY - D)
- Earl Blumenauer (OR - D)
- Mary Whitaker Bono Mack (CA - R) (Out Of Office)
- Madeleine Z. Bordallo (GU - D)
- Leonard L. Boswell (IA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Robert A. 'Bob' Brady (PA - D)
- Bruce Braley (IA - D)
- Corrine Brown (FL - D)
- Lois Capps (CA - D)
- Michael E. 'Mike' Capuano (MA - D)
- John Russell 'Russ' Carnahan (MO - D) (Out Of Office)
- Julia M. Carson (IN - D) (Out Of Office)
- Michael N. 'Mike' Castle (DE - R) (Out Of Office)
- Kathy Castor (FL - D)
- Yvette Diane Clarke (NY - D)
- William Lacy Clay Jr. (MO - D)
- Emanuel Cleaver II (MO - D)
- Stephen Ira 'Steve' Cohen (TN - D)
- Jim Costa (CA - D)
- Joseph D. 'Joe' Courtney (CT - D)
- Joseph 'Joe' Crowley (NY - D)
- Elijah E. Cummings (MD - D)
- Artur Davis (AL - D) (Out Of Office)
- Danny K. Davis (IL - D)
- Susan A. Davis (CA - D)
- William D. 'Bill' Delahunt (MA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Rosa L. DeLauro (CT - D)
- John D. Dingell (MI - D)
- Michael F. 'Mike' Doyle Jr. (PA - D)
- Keith M. Ellison (MN - D)
- Rahm Emanuel (IL - D) (Out Of Office)
- Eliot L. Engel (NY - D)
- Anna G. Eshoo (CA - D)
- Samuel 'Sam' Farr (CA - D)
- Chaka Fattah Sr. (PA - D)
- Bob Filner (CA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Barney Frank (MA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Jim Gerlach (PA - R)
- Gabrielle Giffords (AZ - D) (Out Of Office)
- Wayne T. Gilchrest (MD - R) (Out Of Office)
- Charles A. 'Charlie' Gonzalez (TX - D) (Out Of Office)
- Al Green (TX - D)
- Raymond Eugene 'Gene' Green (TX - D)
- Raúl M. Grijalva (AZ - D)
- Luis V. Gutierrez (IL - D)
- Jane Harman (CA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Alcee L. Hastings Sr. (FL - D)
- Brian M. Higgins (NY - D)
- Maurice D. Hinchey (NY - D) (Out Of Office)
- Mazie K. Hirono (HI - D) (Out Of Office)
- Paul W. Hodes (NH - D) (Out Of Office)
- Rush D. Holt Jr. (NJ - D)
- Michael M. 'Mike' Honda (CA - D)
- Darlene Hooley (OR - D) (Out Of Office)
- Jay Robert Inslee (WA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Steve J. Israel (NY - D)
- Jesse Louis Jackson Jr. (IL - D) (Out Of Office)
- Sheila Jackson Lee (TX - D)
- Eddie Bernice Johnson (TX - D)
- Henry C. 'Hank' Johnson Jr. (GA - D)
- Steven L. 'Steve' Kagen (WI - D) (Out Of Office)
- Marcy Kaptur (OH - D)
- Patrick Joseph Kennedy (RI - D) (Out Of Office)
- Dale E. Kildee (MI - D) (Out Of Office)
- Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick (MI - D) (Out Of Office)
- Ronald James 'Ron' Kind (WI - D)
- Mark Steven Kirk (IL - R) (Out Of Office)
- Ron Klein (FL - D) (Out Of Office)
- Dennis J. Kucinich (OH - D) (Out Of Office)
- John R. 'Randy' Kuhl Jr. (NY - R) (Out Of Office)
- James R. 'Jim' Langevin (RI - D)
- Tom Lantos (CA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Richard Ray 'Rick' Larsen (WA - D)
- John B. Larson (CT - D)
- Barbara J. Lee (CA - D)
- Sander M. 'Sandy' Levin (MI - D)
- John R. Lewis (GA - D)
- David W. 'Dave' Loebsack (IA - D)
- Zoe Lofgren (CA - D)
- Nita M. Lowey (NY - D)
- Stephen F. Lynch (MA - D)
- Carolyn B. Maloney (NY - D)
- Edward J. 'Ed' Markey (MA - D)
- James David 'Jim' Matheson (UT - D)
- Doris O. Matsui (CA - D)
- Carolyn McCarthy (NY - D)
- Betty McCollum (MN - D)
- James A. 'Jim' McDermott (WA - D)
- James P. 'Jim' McGovern (MA - D)
- Michael R. 'Mike' McNulty (NY - D) (Out Of Office)
- Martin T. 'Marty' Meehan (MA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Gregory W. Meeks (NY - D)
- Michael H. 'Mike' Michaud (ME - D)
- Ralph Bradley 'Brad' Miller (NC - D) (Out Of Office)
- George Miller (CA - D)
- Gwendolynne S. 'Gwen' Moore (WI - D)
- Dennis Moore (KS - D) (Out Of Office)
- James P. 'Jim' Moran Jr. (VA - D)
- Christopher S. 'Chris' Murphy (CT - D) (Out Of Office)
- Patrick J. Murphy (PA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Jerrold L. 'Jerry' Nadler (NY - D)
- Grace Flores Napolitano (CA - D)
- Richard E. Neal (MA - D)
- Eleanor Holmes Norton (DC - D)
- James L. 'Jim' Oberstar (MN - D) (Out Of Office)
- John W. Olver (MA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Frank J. Pallone Jr. (NJ - D)
- William J. 'Bill' Pascrell Jr. (NJ - D)
- Edward López 'Ed' Pastor (AZ - D)
- Donald M. Payne (NJ - D) (Out Of Office)
- Ed Perlmutter (CO - D)
- Todd Russell Platts (PA - R) (Out Of Office)
- David Eugene Price (NC - D)
- Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (FL - R)
- Steven R. 'Steve' Rothman (NJ - D) (Out Of Office)
- Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA - D)
- C.A. Dutch 'Dutch' Ruppersberger (MD - D)
- Bobby L. Rush (IL - D)
- Linda T. Sánchez (CA - D)
- John P. Sarbanes (MD - D)
- Janice D. 'Jan' Schakowsky (IL - D)
- Adam B. Schiff (CA - D)
- Allyson Y. Schwartz (PA - D)
- Robert C. 'Bobby' Scott (VA - D)
- José E. Serrano (NY - D)
- Christopher H. Shays (CT - R) (Out Of Office)
- Carol Shea-Porter (NH - D) (Out Of Office)
- Brad J. Sherman (CA - D)
- Albio Sires (NJ - D)
- Ike Skelton (MO - D) (Out Of Office)
- Louise McIntosh Slaughter (NY - D)
- Adam Smith (WA - D)
- Victor F. 'Vic' Snyder (AR - D) (Out Of Office)
- Hilda L. Solis (CA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Fortney H. 'Pete' Stark (CA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Betty Sutton (OH - D) (Out Of Office)
- Ellen O. Tauscher (CA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Michael C. 'Mike' Thompson (CA - D)
- John F. Tierney (MA - D)
- Stephanie Tubbs Jones (OH - D) (Out Of Office)
- Mark E. Udall (CO - D) (Out Of Office)
- Thomas S. 'Tom' Udall (NM - D) (Out Of Office)
- Christopher 'Chris' Van Hollen Jr. (MD - D)
- Nydia M. Velázquez (NY - D)
- James T. 'Jim' Walsh (NY - R) (Out Of Office)
- Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL - D)
- Diane E. Watson (CA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Henry A. Waxman (CA - D)
- Anthony David Weiner (NY - D) (Out Of Office)
- Robert Wexler (FL - D) (Out Of Office)
- Lynn C. Woolsey (CA - D) (Out Of Office)
- David Wu (OR - D) (Out Of Office)
- Albert R. Wynn (MD - D) (Out Of Office)
- John A. Yarmuth (KY - D)
