Key Votes
HR 1913 - Hate Crimes Expansion - Key Vote
National Key Votes
Lamar Smith voted Nay (Passage) on this legislation.
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Stage Details
Legislation - Referred to Committee (Senate) - April 30, 2009
Legislation - Bill Passed (House) (249-175) - April 29, 2009 (Key vote)
Title: Hate Crimes Expansion
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to pass a bill that expands the definition of hate crimes and strengthens enforcement of hate crime laws.
Highlights:
- Expands definition of a hate crime to include felonies motivated by prejudice based on national origin, sexual orientation, or gender identity of the victim (Secs. 3, 6).
- Allows federal law enforcement to assist state, local, or tribal governments in the investigation or prosecution of any hate crime (Sec. 3).
- Establishes grants for state, local, or tribal enforcement of hate crime laws (Secs. 3, 4).
Sponsors
Co-sponsors
- Neil Abercrombie (HI - D) (Out Of Office)
- Gary L. Ackerman (NY - D) (Out Of Office)
- Joe Baca Sr. (CA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Tammy Baldwin (WI - D) (Out Of Office)
- 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)
- Earl Blumenauer (OR - D)
- Mary Whitaker Bono Mack (CA - R) (Out Of Office)
- Robert A. 'Bob' Brady (PA - D)
- Bruce Braley (IA - D)
- Corrine Brown (FL - D)
- Anh 'Joseph' Cao (LA - R) (Out Of Office)
- Lois Capps (CA - D)
- Michael E. 'Mike' Capuano (MA - D)
- John Russell 'Russ' Carnahan (MO - D) (Out Of Office)
- André D. Carson (IN - D)
- 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)
- James E. 'Jim' Clyburn (SC - D)
- Stephen Ira 'Steve' Cohen (TN - D)
- Gerald E. 'Gerry' Connolly (VA - D)
- Jim Cooper (TN - D)
- Joseph D. 'Joe' Courtney (CT - D)
- Joseph 'Joe' Crowley (NY - D)
- Elijah E. Cummings (MD - D)
- Danny K. Davis (IL - D)
- Susan A. Davis (CA - D)
- Diana Louise DeGette (CO - D)
- William D. 'Bill' Delahunt (MA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Lloyd A. Doggett (TX - D)
- Michael F. 'Mike' Doyle Jr. (PA - D)
- Steven L. 'Steve' Driehaus (OH - D) (Out Of Office)
- Eliot L. Engel (NY - 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)
- Marcia L. Fudge (OH - D)
- Gabrielle Giffords (AZ - D) (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)
- Philip G. 'Phil' Hare (IL - D) (Out Of Office)
- Jane Harman (CA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Alcee L. Hastings Sr. (FL - D)
- Maurice D. Hinchey (NY - D) (Out Of Office)
- Mazie K. Hirono (HI - D) (Out Of Office)
- Rush D. Holt Jr. (NJ - D)
- 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)
- Henry C. 'Hank' Johnson Jr. (GA - D)
- Patrick Joseph Kennedy (RI - D) (Out Of Office)
- Mary Jo Kilroy (OH - D) (Out Of Office)
- Mark Steven Kirk (IL - R) (Out Of Office)
- Ron Klein (FL - D) (Out Of Office)
- Dennis J. Kucinich (OH - D) (Out Of Office)
- Leonard Lance (NJ - R)
- James R. 'Jim' Langevin (RI - D)
- Barbara J. Lee (CA - D)
- John R. Lewis (GA - D)
- David W. 'Dave' Loebsack (IA - D)
- Zoe Lofgren (CA - D)
- Daniel B. 'Dan' Maffei (NY - D) (Out Of Office)
- Carolyn B. Maloney (NY - D)
- Edward J. 'Ed' Markey (MA - 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 E. McMahon (NY - D) (Out Of Office)
- George Miller (CA - D)
- Ralph Bradley 'Brad' Miller (NC - D) (Out Of Office)
- Harry E. Mitchell (AZ - D) (Out Of Office)
- Gwendolynne S. 'Gwen' Moore (WI - D)
- Dennis Moore (KS - D) (Out Of Office)
- Jerry Moran (KS - R) (Out Of Office)
- Patrick J. Murphy (PA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Jerrold L. 'Jerry' Nadler (NY - D)
- Eleanor Holmes Norton (DC - D)
- James L. 'Jim' Oberstar (MN - D) (Out Of Office)
- John W. Olver (MA - D) (Out Of Office)
- William J. 'Bill' Pascrell Jr. (NJ - D)
- Edward López 'Ed' Pastor (AZ - D)
- Gary C. Peters (MI - D)
- Pedro R. Pierluisi (PR - D)
- Chellie M. Pingree (ME - D)
- Todd Russell Platts (PA - R) (Out Of Office)
- Jared Polis (CO - D)
- David Eugene Price (NC - D)
- Mike Quigley (IL - D)
- Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (FL - R)
- Steven R. 'Steve' Rothman (NJ - D) (Out Of Office)
- Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA - D)
- Loretta L. Sanchez (CA - D)
- Janice D. 'Jan' Schakowsky (IL - D)
- José E. Serrano (NY - D)
- Joseph A. 'Joe' Sestak Jr. (PA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Brad J. Sherman (CA - D)
- Albio Sires (NJ - D)
- Louise McIntosh Slaughter (NY - D)
- Adam Smith (WA - D)
- Victor F. 'Vic' Snyder (AR - D) (Out Of Office)
- Christopher 'Chris' Van Hollen Jr. (MD - D)
- Nydia M. Velázquez (NY - D)
- Peter J. 'Pete' Visclosky (IN - D)
- Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL - D)
- Diane E. Watson (CA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Henry A. Waxman (CA - D)
- Lynn C. Woolsey (CA - D) (Out Of Office)
- David Wu (OR - D) (Out Of Office)
- John A. Yarmuth (KY - D)