U.S. House · 119th Congress · H.R. 4197
LGBTQ+ Panic Defense Prohibition Act of 2025
To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit defenses based on sexual orientation or gender identity or expression.
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- Sponsor
- Chris PappasD-NH-1
- Introduced
- June 26, 2025, in the House
- Issue areas
- Policy area
- Crime and Law Enforcement (from the Congressional Research Service)
- Full text and actions
- congress.gov
Votes on this bill (0)
Neither the House nor the Senate has held a roll-call vote on this bill.
Cosponsors (62)
62 Democrats. Each member is shown with the party they were counted with on the day they signed on. How we count these
Original cosponsors
- Julia BrownleyD-CA-26
- Salud O. CarbajalD-CA-24
- Sean CastenD-IL-6
- J. Luis CorreaD-CA-46
- Jasmine CrockettD-TX-30
- Sharice DavidsD-KS-3
- Danny K. DavisD-IL-7
- Christopher R. DeluzioD-PA-17
- Valerie P. FousheeD-NC-4
- Maxwell FrostD-FL-10
- John GaramendiD-CA-8
- Al GreenD-TX-9
- Jahana HayesD-CT-5
- Jared HuffmanD-CA-2
- Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.D-GA-4
- Timothy M. KennedyD-NY-26
- Raja KrishnamoorthiD-IL-8
- Stephen F. LynchD-MA-8
- Jennifer L. McClellanD-VA-4
- Morgan McGarveyD-KY-3
- Seth MoultonD-MA-6
- Kevin MullinD-CA-15
- Frank Pallone, Jr.D-NJ-6
- Scott H. PetersD-CA-50
- Janice D. SchakowskyD-IL-9
- Brad ShermanD-CA-32
- Marilyn StricklandD-WA-10
- Emilia Strong SykesD-OH-13
- Mark TakanoD-CA-39
- Shri ThanedarD-MI-13
- Paul TonkoD-NY-20
- Nikema WilliamsD-GA-5
Signed on later
- Gabe AmoD-RI-1July 2, 2025
- Becca BalintD-VT-ALJuly 2, 2025
- Suzanne BonamiciD-OR-1July 2, 2025
- Dwight EvansD-PA-3July 2, 2025
- Jesús G. "Chuy" GarcíaD-IL-4July 2, 2025
- Josh GottheimerD-NJ-5July 2, 2025
- Zoe LofgrenD-CA-18July 2, 2025
- James P. McGovernD-MA-2July 2, 2025
- LaMonica McIverD-NJ-10July 2, 2025
- Eleanor Holmes NortonD-DC-ALJuly 2, 2025
- Mike QuigleyD-IL-5July 2, 2025
- Andrea SalinasD-OR-6July 2, 2025
- Judy ChuD-CA-28July 17, 2025
- Lizzie FletcherD-TX-7July 17, 2025
- Sylvia R. GarciaD-TX-29July 17, 2025
- Ted LieuD-CA-36July 17, 2025
- Joe NeguseD-CO-2July 17, 2025
- Suzan K. DelBeneD-WA-1August 5, 2025
- Hillary J. ScholtenD-MI-3August 5, 2025
- Diana DeGetteD-CO-1September 17, 2025
- April McClain DelaneyD-MD-6October 28, 2025
- Delia C. RamirezD-IL-3March 3, 2026
- Sarah McBrideD-DE-ALMarch 16, 2026
- Adelita S. GrijalvaD-AZ-7April 21, 2026
- Pramila JayapalD-WA-7June 29, 2026
- Ayanna PressleyD-MA-7August 20, 2026
- Troy A. CarterD-LA-2October 1, 2026
- Angie CraigD-MN-2October 1, 2026
- Robert GarciaD-CA-42October 1, 2026
- Robert MenendezD-NJ-8October 1, 2026