House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law

Disarm Hate Act

H.R. 2708Introduced May 14, 2019Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Sponsor: Rep. David Cicilline D-RI

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Where it went

IntroducedMay 14, 2019
Committee actionSep 10, 2019
Passed House—
Passed Senate—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Sep 10, 2019 — Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 23 - 15.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2708.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2708, Disarm Hate Act” on October 23, 2019. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on September 10, 2019”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 23, 2019 ↗
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https://www.cbo.gov/publication/55756
CBO publication date
October 23, 2019
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 2708, 116th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2708
Record last updated by Congress.gov
December 5, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 20, 2026
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Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CICILLINE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 80, May 14, 2019, Page H3790):
Article 1, Section 8
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Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 2708, 116th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2708
Record last updated by Congress.gov
December 5, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 20, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
b37797dd8a5e3145add74b6ba11c32e0c9681711163e649359a5fdbdb464c4f9
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Vote results

No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).

Cosponsors

191 cosponsors — 191 Democrats

0 of 191 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.

Alma Adams (D-NC), Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Karen Bass (D-CA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Ami Bera (D-CA), Donald Beyer (D-VA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Anthony Brown (D-MD), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Cheri Bustos (D-IL), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Ed Case (D-HI), Sean Casten (D-IL), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Joaquin Castro (D-TX), Judy Chu (D-CA), Gilbert Cisneros (D-CA), Katherine Clark (D-MA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Wm. Clay (D-MO), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Gerald Connolly (D-VA) and 161 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. David Cicilline.

Sponsor’s state and district

Rhode Island in Congress · RI-1 district

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Data as of Sep 20, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.