COVID–19 Hate Crimes Act
Latest action · May 18, 2021 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.
- IntroducedMar 11, 2021
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act
This bill requires a designated officer or employee of the Department of Justice (DOJ) to facilitate the expedited review of COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) hate crimes and reports of COVID-19 hate crimes.
It defines COVID-19 hate crime as a violent crime that is motivated by two things: (1) the actual or perceived characteristic (e.g., race or ethnicity) of any person, and (2) the actual or perceived relationship to the spread of COVID-19 of any person because of that characteristic.
The bill requires DOJ to issue guidance for state and local law enforcement agencies on (1) the establishment of online hate crime reporting processes and the availability of online reporting in multiple languages, and (2) the expansion of culturally competent education campaigns. Additionally, DOJ and the Department of Health and Human Services must issue guidance on best practices for mitigating racially discriminatory language in describing the COVID-19 pandemic.
Cosponsors 181
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 11, 2021 to May 18, 2021; 55 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-WA | Adam Smith | Original | Mar 11, 2021 |
| D-NY | Adriano Espaillat | Original | Mar 11, 2021 |
| D-TX | Al Green | Original | Mar 11, 2021 |
| D-NJ | Albio Sires | Original | Mar 11, 2021 |
| D-FL | Alcee L. Hastings | Original | Mar 11, 2021 |
| D-NY | Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez | Original | Mar 11, 2021 |
| D-IN | André Carson | Original | Mar 11, 2021 |
| D-NJ | Andy Kim | Original | Mar 11, 2021 |
| D-NH | Ann M. Kuster | Original | Mar 11, 2021 |
| D-CA | Anna G. Eshoo | Original | Mar 11, 2021 |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Original | Mar 11, 2021 |
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | Original | Mar 11, 2021 |
| D-IL | Bobby L. Rush | Original | Mar 11, 2021 |
| D-NJ | Bonnie Watson Coleman | Original | Mar 11, 2021 |
| D-PA | Brendan F. Boyle | Original | Mar 11, 2021 |
| D-NY | Carolyn B. Maloney | Original | Mar 11, 2021 |
| D-GA | Carolyn Bourdeaux | Original | Mar 11, 2021 |
| D-MO | Cori Bush | Original | Mar 11, 2021 |
| D-IL | Danny K. Davis | Original | Mar 11, 2021 |
| D-MD | David J. Trone | Original | Mar 11, 2021 |
| D-FL | Debbie Wasserman Schultz | Original | Mar 11, 2021 |
| D-NC | Deborah K. Ross | Original | Mar 11, 2021 |
| D-WA | Derek Kilmer | Original | Mar 11, 2021 |
| D-NJ | Donald M. Payne, Jr. | Original | Mar 11, 2021 |
| D-CA | Doris O. Matsui | Original | Mar 11, 2021 |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Original | Mar 11, 2021 |
| D-TX | Eddie Bernice Johnson | Original | Mar 11, 2021 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Mar 11, 2021 |
| D-VA | Gerald E. Connolly | Original | Mar 11, 2021 |
| D-CA | Grace F. Napolitano | Original | Mar 11, 2021 |
| D-NY | Gregory W. Meeks | Original | Mar 11, 2021 |
| D-WI | Gwen Moore | Original | Mar 11, 2021 |
| D-CT | Jahana Hayes | Original | Mar 11, 2021 |
| D-CA | Jerry McNerney | Original | Mar 11, 2021 |
| D-IL | Jesús G. "Chuy" García | Original | Mar 11, 2021 |
| D-CA | Jimmy Gomez | Original | Mar 11, 2021 |
| D-OH | Joyce Beatty | Original | Mar 11, 2021 |
| D-CA | Judy Chu | Original | Mar 11, 2021 |
| D-CA | Karen Bass | Original | Mar 11, 2021 |
| D-WA | Marilyn Strickland | Original | Mar 11, 2021 |
| D-CA | Mark Takano | Original | Mar 11, 2021 |
| D-GU | Michael F. Q. San Nicolas | Original | Mar 11, 2021 |
| D-CA | Mike Levin | Original | Mar 11, 2021 |
| D-NY | Mondaire Jones | Original | Mar 11, 2021 |
| D-NY | Nydia M. Velázquez | Original | Mar 11, 2021 |
| D-IL | Raja Krishnamoorthi | Original | Mar 11, 2021 |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Original | Mar 11, 2021 |
| D-NY | Ritchie Torres | Original | Mar 11, 2021 |
| D-CA | Ro Khanna | Original | Mar 11, 2021 |
| D-WI | Ron Kind | Original | Mar 11, 2021 |
| D-CA | Sara Jacobs | Original | Mar 11, 2021 |
| D-WA | Suzan K. DelBene | Original | Mar 11, 2021 |
| D-CA | Ted Lieu | Original | Mar 11, 2021 |
| D-NY | Thomas R. Suozzi | Original | Mar 11, 2021 |
| D-CA | Tony Cárdenas | Original | Mar 11, 2021 |
| D-CA | Adam B. Schiff | Mar 17, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Alan S. Lowenthal | Mar 17, 2021 | |
| D-NC | Alma S. Adams | Mar 17, 2021 | |
| D-MI | Andy Levin | Mar 17, 2021 | |
| D-NJ | Bill Pascrell, Jr. | Mar 17, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Brad Sherman | Mar 17, 2021 | |
| D-MI | Brenda L. Lawrence | Mar 17, 2021 | |
| D-NY | Brian Higgins | Mar 17, 2021 | |
| D-ME | Chellie Pingree | Mar 17, 2021 | |
| D-IL | Cheri Bustos | Mar 17, 2021 | |
| D-RI | David N. Cicilline | Mar 17, 2021 | |
| D-GA | David Scott | Mar 17, 2021 | |
| D-MI | Debbie Dingell | Mar 17, 2021 | |
| D-NV | Dina Titus | Mar 17, 2021 | |
| D-PA | Dwight Evans | Mar 17, 2021 | |
| D-NJ | Frank Pallone, Jr. | Mar 17, 2021 | |
| D-MN | Ilhan Omar | Mar 17, 2021 | |
| D-CA | J. Luis Correa | Mar 17, 2021 | |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Mar 17, 2021 | |
| D-MD | Jamie Raskin | Mar 17, 2021 | |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Mar 17, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Jared Huffman | Mar 17, 2021 | |
| D-TN | Jim Cooper | Mar 17, 2021 | |
| D-NY | Kathleen M. Rice | Mar 17, 2021 | |
| D-TX | Lizzie Fletcher | Mar 17, 2021 | |
| D-GA | Lucy McBath | Mar 17, 2021 | |
| D-TX | Marc A. Veasey | Mar 17, 2021 | |
| D-WI | Mark Pocan | Mar 17, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Maxine Waters | Mar 17, 2021 | |
| D-NY | Paul Tonko | Mar 17, 2021 | |
| D-VT | Peter Welch | Mar 17, 2021 | |
| D-MI | Rashida Tlaib | Mar 17, 2021 | |
| D-AZ | Ruben Gallego | Mar 17, 2021 | |
| D-NY | Sean Patrick Maloney | Mar 17, 2021 | |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Mar 17, 2021 | |
| D-TX | Sylvia R. Garcia | Mar 17, 2021 | |
| D-AL | Terri A. Sewell | Mar 17, 2021 | |
| D-NY | Yvette D. Clarke | Mar 17, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Zoe Lofgren | Mar 17, 2021 | |
| D-MS | Bennie G. Thompson | Mar 18, 2021 | |
| D-MD | C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger | Mar 18, 2021 | |
| D-MI | Daniel T. Kildee | Mar 18, 2021 | |
| D-MN | Dean Phillips | Mar 18, 2021 | |
| D-MO | Emanuel Cleaver | Mar 18, 2021 | |
| D-NY | Hakeem S. Jeffries | Mar 18, 2021 | |
| D-MA | Jake Auchincloss | Mar 18, 2021 | |
| D-MD | John P. Sarbanes | Mar 18, 2021 | |
| D-NY | Joseph D. Morelle | Mar 18, 2021 | |
| D-MA | Katherine M. Clark | Mar 18, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Katie Porter | Mar 18, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Linda T. Sánchez | Mar 18, 2021 | |
| D-PA | Mary Gay Scanlon | Mar 18, 2021 | |
| D-OR | Peter A. DeFazio | Mar 18, 2021 | |
| D-OR | Suzanne Bonamici | Mar 18, 2021 | |
| D-NJ | Tom Malinowski | Mar 18, 2021 | |
| D-MD | Anthony G. Brown | Mar 19, 2021 | |
| D-FL | Frederica S. Wilson | Mar 19, 2021 | |
| D-CO | Joe Neguse | Mar 19, 2021 | |
| D-WA | Kim Schrier | Mar 19, 2021 | |
| D-NJ | Mikie Sherrill | Mar 19, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Nanette Diaz Barragán | Mar 19, 2021 | |
| D-WA | Pramila Jayapal | Mar 19, 2021 | |
| D-NM | Teresa Leger Fernandez | Mar 19, 2021 | |
| D-IL | Bill Foster | Mar 26, 2021 | |
| D-IL | Bradley Scott Schneider | Mar 26, 2021 | |
| D-FL | Darren Soto | Mar 26, 2021 | |
| D-NJ | Donald Norcross | Mar 26, 2021 | |
| D-VA | Donald S. Beyer, Jr. | Mar 26, 2021 | |
| D-TX | Filemon Vela | Mar 26, 2021 | |
| D-IN | Frank J. Mrvan | Mar 26, 2021 | |
| D-MI | Haley M. Stevens | Mar 26, 2021 | |
| D-GA | Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. | Mar 26, 2021 | |
| D-NY | Jamaal Bowman | Mar 26, 2021 | |
| D-CO | Jason Crow | Mar 26, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Julia Brownley | Mar 26, 2021 | |
| D-HI | Kaiali'i Kahele | Mar 26, 2021 | |
| D-FL | Kathy Castor | Mar 26, 2021 | |
| D-NC | Kathy E. Manning | Mar 26, 2021 | |
| D-MA | Lori Trahan | Mar 26, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Lucille Roybal-Allard | Mar 26, 2021 | |
| D-PA | Madeleine Dean | Mar 26, 2021 | |
| D-IL | Marie Newman | Mar 26, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Mike Thompson | Mar 26, 2021 | |
| D-GA | Nikema Williams | Mar 26, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Norma J. Torres | Mar 26, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Pete Aguilar | Mar 26, 2021 | |
| D-GA | Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. | Mar 26, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Scott H. Peters | Mar 26, 2021 | |
| D-MA | Seth Moulton | Mar 26, 2021 | |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Mar 26, 2021 | |
| D-NV | Steven Horsford | Mar 26, 2021 | |
| D-NV | Susie Lee | Mar 26, 2021 | |
| D-FL | Theodore E. Deutch | Mar 26, 2021 | |
| D-OH | Tim Ryan | Mar 26, 2021 | |
| D-TX | Veronica Escobar | Mar 26, 2021 | |
| D-AZ | Ann Kirkpatrick | Mar 29, 2021 | |
| D-CO | Diana DeGette | Mar 29, 2021 | |
| D-AZ | Greg Stanton | Mar 29, 2021 | |
| D-IL | Mike Quigley | Mar 29, 2021 | |
| D-WA | Rick Larsen | Mar 29, 2021 | |
| D-NJ | Josh Gottheimer | Apr 5, 2021 | |
| D-FL | Lois Frankel | Apr 5, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Mark DeSaulnier | Apr 5, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Raul Ruiz | Apr 5, 2021 | |
| D-MA | Stephen F. Lynch | Apr 5, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Jimmy Panetta | Apr 8, 2021 | |
| D-TX | Joaquin Castro | Apr 8, 2021 | |
| D-TX | Lloyd Doggett | Apr 8, 2021 | |
| D-VA | Abigail Davis Spanberger | Apr 14, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Ami Bera | Apr 14, 2021 | |
| D-FL | Charlie Crist | Apr 14, 2021 | |
| D-NC | G. K. Butterfield | Apr 14, 2021 | |
| D-CT | Joe Courtney | Apr 14, 2021 | |
| D-KY | John A. Yarmuth | Apr 14, 2021 | |
| D-CA | John Garamendi | Apr 14, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Juan Vargas | Apr 14, 2021 | |
| D-IL | Lauren Underwood | Apr 14, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Salud O. Carbajal | Apr 14, 2021 | |
| D-HI | Ed Case | Apr 15, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Jackie Speier | Apr 15, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Jim Costa | Apr 15, 2021 | |
| D-CT | John B. Larson | Apr 15, 2021 | |
| D-NH | Chris Pappas | May 11, 2021 | |
| D-CT | James A. Himes | May 13, 2021 | |
| D-IL | Sean Casten | May 13, 2021 | |
| D-MD | Kweisi Mfume | May 18, 2021 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Mar 11, 2021 |
| Constitution and Limited Government Subcommittee | Referred May 19, 2021 | |
| Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee | Referred May 19, 2021 |
Actions 5
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 18, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
- May 18, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
- Mar 11, 2021Introduced in House
- Mar 11, 2021Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E235-236)
- Mar 11, 2021Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E235 | Grace Meng D-NY | Mar 11, 2021 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 167, no. 46, March 11, 2021, page H1358.
Related bills 3
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 728 | COVID–19 Hate Crimes Act | Related bill | Mar 11, 2021 |
| S 937 | COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act | Related bill | May 20, 2021 |
| S 963 | Domestic Terrorism and Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2021 | Related bill | Mar 25, 2021 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To facilitate the expedited review of COVID-19 hate crimes, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- COVID–19 Hate Crimes Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement.
- Cardiovascular and respiratory health
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Crime prevention
- Crime victims
- Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
- Criminal justice information and records
- Department of Justice
- Disability and health-based discrimination
- Emergency medical services and trauma care
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Federal officials
- Foreign language and bilingual programs
- Hate crimes
- Infectious and parasitic diseases
- Racial and ethnic relations
- Religion
- Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
- State and local government operations
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 11, 2021Introduced in House
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