Bill or resolution detail
HR 1620
Violence Against Women Act Reauthorization Act of 2021
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Effective May 30, 2026Entity 117-hr-1620
Official sponsorship relationships
Sponsors and cosponsors
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| Member | Party | Role | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sheila Jackson Lee | Democratic Party | PRIMARY | |
| A. Donald McEachin | Democratic Party | COSPONSOR | |
| Abigail Davis Spanberger | Democratic Party | COSPONSOR | |
| Adam B. Schiff | Democratic Party | COSPONSOR | |
| Adam Smith | Democratic Party | COSPONSOR | |
| Adriano Espaillat | Democratic Party | COSPONSOR | |
| Al Green | Democratic Party | COSPONSOR | |
| Al Lawson, Jr. | Democratic Party | COSPONSOR | |
| Alan S. Lowenthal | Democratic Party | COSPONSOR | |
| Albio Sires | Democratic Party | COSPONSOR | |
| Alcee L. Hastings | Democratic Party | COSPONSOR | |
| Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez | Democratic Party | COSPONSOR | |
| Alma S. Adams | Democratic Party | COSPONSOR | |
| André Carson | Democratic Party | COSPONSOR | |
| Andy Kim | Democratic Party | COSPONSOR | |
| Andy Levin | Democratic Party | COSPONSOR | |
| Ann Kirkpatrick | Democratic Party | COSPONSOR | |
| Ann M. Kuster | Democratic Party | COSPONSOR | |
| Anna G. Eshoo | Democratic Party | COSPONSOR | |
| Anthony G. Brown | Democratic Party | COSPONSOR | |
| Ayanna Pressley | Democratic Party | COSPONSOR | |
| Barbara Lee | Democratic Party | COSPONSOR | |
| Betty McCollum | Democratic Party | COSPONSOR | |
| Bill Pascrell, Jr. | Democratic Party | COSPONSOR | |
| Bobby L. Rush | Democratic Party | COSPONSOR | |
| Bonnie Watson Coleman | Democratic Party | COSPONSOR | |
| Bradley Scott Schneider | Democratic Party | COSPONSOR | |
| Brenda L. Lawrence | Democratic Party | COSPONSOR | |
| Brendan F. Boyle | Democratic Party | COSPONSOR | |
| Brian K. Fitzpatrick | Republican Party | COSPONSOR | |
| C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger | Democratic Party | COSPONSOR | |
| Carolyn B. Maloney | Democratic Party | COSPONSOR | |
| Chellie Pingree | Democratic Party | COSPONSOR | |
| Cheri Bustos | Democratic Party | COSPONSOR | |
| Chris Pappas | Democratic Party | COSPONSOR | |
| Chrissy Houlahan | Democratic Party | COSPONSOR | |
| Colin Z. Allred | Democratic Party | COSPONSOR | |
| Cori Bush | Democratic Party | COSPONSOR | |
| Daniel T. Kildee | Democratic Party | COSPONSOR | |
| Danny K. Davis | Democratic Party | COSPONSOR | |
| Darren Soto | Democratic Party | COSPONSOR | |
| David E. Price | Democratic Party | COSPONSOR | |
| David N. Cicilline | Democratic Party | COSPONSOR | |
| David Scott | Democratic Party | COSPONSOR | |
| Dean Phillips | Democratic Party | COSPONSOR | |
| Debbie Dingell | Democratic Party | COSPONSOR | |
| Debbie Wasserman Schultz | Democratic Party | COSPONSOR | |
| Deborah K. Ross | Democratic Party | COSPONSOR | |
| Debra A. Haaland | Democratic Party | COSPONSOR | |
| Derek Kilmer | Democratic Party | COSPONSOR | |
| Diana DeGette | Democratic Party | COSPONSOR | |
| Dina Titus | Democratic Party | COSPONSOR | |
| Donald M. Payne, Jr. | Democratic Party | COSPONSOR | |
| Donald Norcross | Democratic Party | COSPONSOR | |
| Donald S. Beyer, Jr. | Democratic Party | COSPONSOR | |
| Doris O. Matsui | Democratic Party | COSPONSOR | |
| Dwight Evans | Democratic Party | COSPONSOR | |
| Earl Blumenauer | Democratic Party | COSPONSOR | |
| Ed Perlmutter | Democratic Party | COSPONSOR | |
| Eddie Bernice Johnson | Democratic Party | COSPONSOR | |
| Elaine G. Luria | Democratic Party | COSPONSOR | |
| Eleanor Holmes Norton | Democratic Party | COSPONSOR | |
| Elissa Slotkin | Democratic Party | COSPONSOR | |
| Emanuel Cleaver | Democratic Party | COSPONSOR | |
| Eric Swalwell | Democratic Party | COSPONSOR | |
| Filemon Vela | Democratic Party | COSPONSOR | |
| Frank J. Mrvan | Democratic Party | COSPONSOR | |
| Frank Pallone, Jr. | Democratic Party | COSPONSOR | |
| Frederica S. Wilson | Democratic Party | COSPONSOR | |
| G. K. Butterfield | Democratic Party | COSPONSOR | |
| Gerald E. Connolly | Democratic Party | COSPONSOR | |
| Grace F. Napolitano | Democratic Party | COSPONSOR | |
| Grace Meng | Democratic Party | COSPONSOR | |
| Greg Stanton | Democratic Party | COSPONSOR | |
| Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan | Democratic Party | COSPONSOR | |
| Gregory W. Meeks | Democratic Party | COSPONSOR | |
| Gwen Moore | Democratic Party | COSPONSOR | |
| Hakeem S. Jeffries | Democratic Party | COSPONSOR | |
| Haley M. Stevens | Democratic Party | COSPONSOR | |
| Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. | Democratic Party | COSPONSOR | |
| Ilhan Omar | Democratic Party | COSPONSOR | |
| J. Luis Correa | Democratic Party | COSPONSOR | |
| Jackie Speier | Democratic Party | COSPONSOR | |
| Jahana Hayes | Democratic Party | COSPONSOR | |
| Jake Auchincloss | Democratic Party | COSPONSOR | |
| James P. McGovern | Democratic Party | COSPONSOR | |
| James R. Langevin | Democratic Party | COSPONSOR | |
| Jamie Raskin | Democratic Party | COSPONSOR | |
| Janice D. Schakowsky | Democratic Party | COSPONSOR | |
| Jared Huffman | Democratic Party | COSPONSOR | |
| Jason Crow | Democratic Party | COSPONSOR | |
| Jennifer Wexton | Democratic Party | COSPONSOR | |
| Jerrold Nadler | Democratic Party | COSPONSOR | |
| Jerry McNerney | Democratic Party | COSPONSOR | |
| Jim Cooper | Democratic Party | COSPONSOR | |
| Jim Costa | Democratic Party | COSPONSOR | |
| Jimmy Gomez | Democratic Party | COSPONSOR | |
| Jimmy Panetta | Democratic Party | COSPONSOR | |
| Joaquin Castro | Democratic Party | COSPONSOR | |
| Joe Courtney | Democratic Party | COSPONSOR | |
| Joe Neguse | Democratic Party | COSPONSOR | |
| John A. Yarmuth | Democratic Party | COSPONSOR | |
| John B. Larson | Democratic Party | COSPONSOR | |
| John Garamendi | Democratic Party | COSPONSOR | |
| Joseph D. Morelle | Democratic Party | COSPONSOR | |
| Josh Gottheimer | Democratic Party | COSPONSOR | |
| Joyce Beatty | Democratic Party | COSPONSOR | |
| Juan Vargas | Democratic Party | COSPONSOR | |
| Judy Chu | Democratic Party | COSPONSOR | |
| Julia Brownley | Democratic Party | COSPONSOR | |
| Kaiali'I Kahele | Democratic Party | COSPONSOR | |
| Karen Bass | Democratic Party | COSPONSOR | |
| Katherine M. Clark | Democratic Party | COSPONSOR | |
| Kathleen M. Rice | Democratic Party | COSPONSOR | |
| Kathy Castor | Democratic Party | COSPONSOR | |
| Kathy E. Manning | Democratic Party | COSPONSOR | |
| Kim Schrier | Democratic Party | COSPONSOR | |
| Kurt Schrader | Democratic Party | COSPONSOR | |
| Lauren Underwood | Democratic Party | COSPONSOR | |
| Linda T. Sánchez | Democratic Party | COSPONSOR | |
| Lisa Blunt Rochester | Democratic Party | COSPONSOR | |
| Lizzie Fletcher | Democratic Party | COSPONSOR | |
| Lois Frankel | Democratic Party | COSPONSOR | |
| Lori Trahan | Democratic Party | COSPONSOR | |
| Lucille Roybal-Allard | Democratic Party | COSPONSOR | |
| Lucy McBath | Democratic Party | COSPONSOR | |
| Madeleine Dean | Democratic Party | COSPONSOR | |
| Marc A. Veasey | Democratic Party | COSPONSOR | |
| Marcy Kaptur | Democratic Party | COSPONSOR | |
| Marie Newman | Democratic Party | COSPONSOR | |
| Marilyn Strickland | Democratic Party | COSPONSOR | |
| Mark DeSaulnier | Democratic Party | COSPONSOR | |
| Mark Pocan | Democratic Party | COSPONSOR | |
| Mark Takano | Democratic Party | COSPONSOR | |
| Mary Gay Scanlon | Democratic Party | COSPONSOR | |
| Matt Cartwright | Democratic Party | COSPONSOR | |
| Maxine Waters | Democratic Party | COSPONSOR | |
| Michael F. Doyle | Democratic Party | COSPONSOR | |
| Michael T. McCaul | Republican Party | COSPONSOR | |
| Mike Thompson | Democratic Party | COSPONSOR | |
| Mikie Sherrill | Democratic Party | COSPONSOR | |
| Mondaire Jones | Democratic Party | COSPONSOR | |
| Nanette Diaz Barragán | Democratic Party | COSPONSOR | |
| Nikema Williams | Democratic Party | COSPONSOR | |
| Norma J. Torres | Democratic Party | COSPONSOR | |
| Nydia M. Velázquez | Democratic Party | COSPONSOR | |
| Paul Tonko | Democratic Party | COSPONSOR | |
| Peter Welch | Democratic Party | COSPONSOR | |
| Pramila Jayapal | Democratic Party | COSPONSOR | |
| Rashida Tlaib | Democratic Party | COSPONSOR | |
| Raul Ruiz | Democratic Party | COSPONSOR | |
| Raúl M. Grijalva | Democratic Party | COSPONSOR | |
| Rick Larsen | Democratic Party | COSPONSOR | |
| Ritchie Torres | Democratic Party | COSPONSOR | |
| Ro Khanna | Democratic Party | COSPONSOR | |
| Robert C. "Bobby" Scott | Democratic Party | COSPONSOR | |
| Ruben Gallego | Democratic Party | COSPONSOR | |
| Salud O. Carbajal | Democratic Party | COSPONSOR | |
| Sara Jacobs | Democratic Party | COSPONSOR | |
| Sean Casten | Democratic Party | COSPONSOR | |
| Sean Patrick Maloney | Democratic Party | COSPONSOR | |
| Seth Moulton | Democratic Party | COSPONSOR | |
| Sharice Davids | Democratic Party | COSPONSOR | |
| Stacey E. Plaskett | Democratic Party | COSPONSOR | |
| Steny H. Hoyer | Democratic Party | COSPONSOR | |
| Stephanie N. Murphy | Democratic Party | COSPONSOR | |
| Stephen F. Lynch | Democratic Party | COSPONSOR | |
| Steve Cohen | Democratic Party | COSPONSOR | |
| Steven Horsford | Democratic Party | COSPONSOR | |
| Susan Wild | Democratic Party | COSPONSOR | |
| Suzan K. DelBene | Democratic Party | COSPONSOR | |
| Suzanne Bonamici | Democratic Party | COSPONSOR | |
| Sylvia R. Garcia | Democratic Party | COSPONSOR | |
| Ted Lieu | Democratic Party | COSPONSOR | |
| Teresa Leger Fernandez | Democratic Party | COSPONSOR | |
| Terri A. Sewell | Democratic Party | COSPONSOR | |
| Theodore E. Deutch | Democratic Party | COSPONSOR | |
| Thomas R. Suozzi | Democratic Party | COSPONSOR | |
| Tim Ryan | Democratic Party | COSPONSOR | |
| Tom Malinowski | Democratic Party | COSPONSOR | |
| Tom O'Halleran | Democratic Party | COSPONSOR | |
| Val Butler Demings | Democratic Party | COSPONSOR | |
| Veronica Escobar | Democratic Party | COSPONSOR | |
| Vicente Gonzalez | Democratic Party | COSPONSOR | |
| William R. Keating | Democratic Party | COSPONSOR | |
| Yvette D. Clarke | Democratic Party | COSPONSOR | |
| Zoe Lofgren | Democratic Party | COSPONSOR |
Official chronology
Actions
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May 24, 2022 · IntroReferral
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
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Oct 5, 2021 · Committee
Committee on the Judiciary. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 117-853.
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Mar 18, 2021 · IntroReferral
Received in the Senate.
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Mar 17, 2021 · Floor
Pursuant to clause 1(c) of Rule XIX, the House resumed consideration of H.R. 1620.
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Mar 17, 2021 · Floor
DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 233, the House proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Stefanik amendment No. 36.
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Mar 17, 2021 · Floor
The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.
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Mar 17, 2021 · Floor
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
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Mar 17, 2021 · Floor
DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 233, the House proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Wagner amendment No. 40.
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Mar 17, 2021 · Floor
Pursuant to clause 1(c) of Rule XIX, further consideration of H.R. 1620 was postponed.
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Mar 17, 2021 · Floor
Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 233. (consideration: CR H1432-1475)
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Mar 17, 2021 · Floor
UNFINISHED BUSINESS - The Chair announced that the unfinished business was the question on adoption of amendments which had been debated earlier and on which further proceedings had been postponed.
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Mar 17, 2021 · Floor
Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 244 - 172 (Roll no. 86).(text: CR H1432-1456)
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Mar 17, 2021 · Floor
POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Stefanik amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Ms. Stefanik demanded the yeas and nays and the Chair postponed further proceedings until a time to be announced.
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Mar 17, 2021 · Floor
POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Nadler amendment en bloc No. 1, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the ayes had prevailed. Mrs. Fischbach demanded the yeas and nays and the Chair postponed further proceedings until a time to be announced.
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Mar 17, 2021 · Floor
On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 244 - 172 (Roll no. 86). (text: CR H1432-1456)
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Mar 17, 2021 · Floor
Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H1476-1479)
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Mar 17, 2021 · Floor
DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 233, the House proceeded with 20 minutes of debate on the Nadler en bloc amendment No. 1.
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Mar 17, 2021 · Floor
POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Wagner amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mrs. Wagner demanded the yeas and nays and the Chair postponed further proceedings until a time to be announced.
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Mar 17, 2021 · Floor
Motion to reconsider laid on the table. Agreed to without objection.
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Mar 17, 2021 · Floor
DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H.R. 1620.
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Mar 17, 2021 · Floor
The Clerk was authorized to correct section numbers, punctuation, and cross references, and to make other necessary technical and conforming corrections in the engrossment of H.R. 1620.
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Mar 17, 2021 · Floor
Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 1620, H.R. 6, H.R. 1603, H.R. 1868 and H.J. Res. 17. The resolution provides for one hour of general debate on H.R. 1620, H.R. 6, H.R. 1603, H.R. 1868, and H.J.Res. 17. The resolution provides that H.Res. 232 is hereby adopted.
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Mar 16, 2021 · Floor
Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 233 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 1620, H.R. 6, H.R. 1603, H.R. 1868 and H.J. Res. 17. The resolution provides for one hour of general debate on H.R. 1620, H.R. 6, H.R. 1603, H.R. 1868, and H.J.Res. 17. The resolution provides that H.Res. 232 is hereby adopted.
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Mar 9, 2021 · Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
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Mar 8, 2021 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
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Mar 8, 2021 · IntroReferral
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, Ways and Means, Education and Labor, Energy and Commerce, Veterans' Affairs, and Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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Mar 8, 2021 · IntroReferral
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H1096)
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Official text changes
Amendments
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Copied official fact33On Agreeing To The Wagner Amendment (A004) Agreed To By The Yeas And Nays: 242 174 (Roll No. 84).
Amendment enhances VAWA transparency and accountability measures by making entities found by the Attorney General to have intentionally misused VAWA grant funds ineligible to apply for future grants for up to 5 years, after reasonable notice and opportunity for a hearing.
Copied official fact30On Agreeing To The Rules Amendment (A001) Agreed To Without Objection.
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Copied official fact32On Agreeing To The Stefanik Amendment (A003) Failed By The Yeas And Nays: 177 249 (Roll No. 85).
Amendment sought to replace the bill's text with the text of the Violence Against Women Extension Act.
Copied official fact31On Agreeing To The Nadler Amendments (A002) Agreed To By The Yeas And Nays: 228 197 (Roll No. 83).
Amendments en bloc comprised of amendments numbered 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 37, 38, 39, and 41, printed in Part B of House Report 117-12.
Referral and jurisdiction
Committees
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| Committee | Chamber | Relationship | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Education and Workforce Committeehsed00 | HOUSE | REFERRED | Official relationship ↗ |
| Energy and Commerce Committeehsif00 | HOUSE | REFERRED | Official relationship ↗ |
| Financial Services Committeehsba00 | HOUSE | REFERRED | Official relationship ↗ |
| Judiciary Committeehsju00 | HOUSE | REFERRED | Official relationship ↗ |
| Natural Resources Committeehsii00 | HOUSE | REFERRED | Official relationship ↗ |
| Veterans' Affairs Committeehsvr00 | HOUSE | REFERRED | Official relationship ↗ |
| Ways and Means Committeehswm00 | HOUSE | REFERRED | Official relationship ↗ |
| Judiciary Committeessju00 | SENATE | REFERRED | Official relationship ↗ |
Official roll calls
Votes
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No roll-call votes are attached.