House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Gay and Trans Panic Defense Prohibition Act of 2019
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJun 5, 2019
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 28, 2019 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3133.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. KENNEDY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 94, June 5, 2019, Page H4344):Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 and Clause 18.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 5, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 45 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3133, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/3133
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 3, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of January 3, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
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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
47 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 46 Democrats
0 of 47 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Karen Bass (D-CA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Steve Cohen (D-TN), J. Correa (D-CA), Tj Cox (D-CA), Charlie Crist (D-FL), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Mike Doyle (D-PA), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Debra Haaland (D-NM), Brian Higgins (D-NY), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Robin Kelly (D-IL), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Derek Kilmer (D-WA), Ann Kuster (D-NH), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Susie Lee (D-NV), Alan Lowenthal (D-CA), Stephen Lynch (D-MA), Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Sean Maloney (D-NY), James McGovern (D-MA), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Frank Pallone (D-NJ) and 17 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Joseph Kennedy.
- H.R. 7460 (116th) Peace Corps Commemorative Work Extension Act
- H.Res. 124 (116th) Expressing opposition to banning service in the Armed Forces by openly transgender individuals.
- H.R. 7539 (116th) Strengthening Behavioral Health Parity Act
- H.R. 1450 (116th) Do No Harm Act
- H.Res. 722 (116th) Supporting the goals of Transgender Day of Remembrance.
- H.Res. 1234 (116th) Supporting the goals and principles of Transgender Day of Remembrance of memorializing the lives lost this year to antitransgender violence.
Sponsor’s state and district
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.