HR 3133 · 116th Congress 2019–2021, ended

Gay and Trans Panic Defense Prohibition Act of 2019

Introduced Jun 5, 2019 Originated House Sponsor Joseph P. Kennedy III D-MA

Fact sheet

Latest action · Jun 28, 2019 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedJun 5, 2019
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Gay and Trans Panic Defense Prohibition Act of 2019

This bill generally prohibits a federal criminal defendant from asserting, as a defense, that the nonviolent sexual advance of an individual or a perception or belief of the gender, gender identify or expression, or sexual orientation of an individual excuses or justifies conduct or mitigates the severity of an offense.

Cosponsors 47

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 5, 2019 to Oct 16, 2020, with 27 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-CAAlan S. LowenthalOriginalJun 5, 2019
D-CAAnna G. EshooOriginalJun 5, 2019
D-CABarbara LeeOriginalJun 5, 2019
D-NYBrian HigginsOriginalJun 5, 2019
D-NYCarolyn B. MaloneyOriginalJun 5, 2019
D-FLCharlie CristOriginalJun 5, 2019
D-NHChris PappasOriginalJun 5, 2019
D-FLDarren SotoOriginalJun 5, 2019
D-FLDebbie Wasserman SchultzOriginalJun 5, 2019
D-NMDebra A. HaalandOriginalJun 5, 2019
D-WADerek KilmerOriginalJun 5, 2019
D-DCEleanor Holmes NortonOriginalJun 5, 2019
D-WIGwen MooreOriginalJun 5, 2019
D-CAJackie SpeierOriginalJun 5, 2019
D-ILJanice D. SchakowskyOriginalJun 5, 2019
Show all 47 cosponsors

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jun 28, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
  2. Jun 5, 2019Introduced in House
  3. Jun 5, 2019Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 1721Gay and Trans Panic Defense Prohibition Act of 2019Related billJun 5, 2019

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Jun 5, 2019Introduced in House

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