Disarm Hate Act
Latest action · Jun 16, 2021 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
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.
- IntroducedJun 16, 2021
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Disarm Hate Act
The bill expands the categories of persons who are prohibited from receiving or possessing a firearm.
Specifically, it prohibits firearm sale or transfer to and receipt, possession, shipment, or transport by a person (1) who has been convicted of a misdemeanor hate crime, or (2) who has received an enhanced hate crime misdemeanor sentence.
Cosponsors 20
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 16, 2021 to Nov 17, 2021; 19 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Alex Padilla | Original | Jun 16, 2021 |
| D-MN | Amy Klobuchar | Original | Jun 16, 2021 |
| D-MD | Benjamin L. Cardin | Original | Jun 16, 2021 |
| D-MD | Chris Van Hollen | Original | Jun 16, 2021 |
| D-CT | Christopher Murphy | Original | Jun 16, 2021 |
| D-NJ | Cory A. Booker | Original | Jun 16, 2021 |
| D-CA | Dianne Feinstein | Original | Jun 16, 2021 |
| D-MA | Edward J. Markey | Original | Jun 16, 2021 |
| D-NV | Jacky Rosen | Original | Jun 16, 2021 |
| D-NH | Jeanne Shaheen | Original | Jun 16, 2021 |
| D-NY | Kirsten E. Gillibrand | Original | Jun 16, 2021 |
| D-HI | Mazie K. Hirono | Original | Jun 16, 2021 |
| D-CT | Richard Blumenthal | Original | Jun 16, 2021 |
| D-IL | Richard J. Durbin | Original | Jun 16, 2021 |
| D-NJ | Robert Menendez | Original | Jun 16, 2021 |
| D-OR | Ron Wyden | Original | Jun 16, 2021 |
| D-RI | Sheldon Whitehouse | Original | Jun 16, 2021 |
| D-WI | Tammy Baldwin | Original | Jun 16, 2021 |
| D-IL | Tammy Duckworth | Original | Jun 16, 2021 |
| D-NM | Ben Ray Luján | Nov 17, 2021 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Judiciary Committee | Referred Jun 16, 2021 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 16, 2021Introduced in Senate
- Jun 16, 2021Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
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.
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R47060 | Overview of Federal Hate Crime Laws Archived | Report | Apr 1, 2022 |
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 2776 | Disarm Hate Act | Reintroduced Bill | Sep 13, 2023 |
| HR 3929 | Disarm Hate Act | Identical bill | Nov 1, 2022 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to prevent a person who has been convicted of a misdemeanor hate crime, or received an enhanced sentence for a misdemeanor because of hate or bias in its commission, from obtaining a firearm.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Disarm Hate Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 16, 2021Introduced in Senate
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
