H.R. 2841: Disarm Hate Act

115th Congress · introduced 2017-06-08 · Crime and Law Enforcement · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.

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Where it came from: introduced 2017-06-08 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Cicilline, David N. [D-RI-1] · what a sponsor is
What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
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Official title

Disarm Hate Act

Plain summary

Disarm Hate Act This bill amends the federal criminal code to prohibit firearm sale or transfer to and receipt or possession by an individual who has: (1) been convicted in any court of a misdemeanor hate crime, or (2) received from any court an enhanced hate crime misdemeanor sentence. The term "convicted in any court of a misdemeanor hate crime" means a conviction for a misdemeanor offense that has, as an element, that the conduct was motivated by hate or bias because of the actual or perceived race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, or disability of any person. The term "received from any court an enhanced hate crime misdemeanor sentence" means the imposition of an enhanced sentence for a misdemeanor that involves violence and is based, in whole or in part, on conduct motivated by hate or bias because of the actual or perceived race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, or disability of any person.

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Disarm Hate Act

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Cicilline, David N. [D-RI-1] · 46 cosponsors

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Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Mike Quigley (D-IL), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), William R. Keating (D-MA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Hakeem S. Jeffries (D-NY), Brendan F. Boyle (D-PA), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Judy Chu (D-CA), Donald S. Beyer, Jr. (D-VA), Suzan K. DelBene (D-WA), Thomas R. Suozzi (D-NY), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Ro Khanna (D-CA), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY), Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY), Grace Meng (D-NY), Paul Tonko (D-NY)

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-115hr2841.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/115/hr>

Record fed-us-cong115-hr2841 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115