US-HB8404-2022

U.S. Congress · HB 8404 · 2022

Respect for Marriage Act

Bill key

US-HB8404-2022

State

U.S. Congress

Session

2022

Introduced

July 19, 2022

Last recorded status

passed

Link

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Citation (Bluebook)

H.R. 8404, 117th Cong. (2022) (enacted), https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/8404/all-info.

Short citation

H.R. 8404.

Topics

• Marriage, family & custody

Tags

• Marriage Equality

Summary

To repeal the Defense of Marriage Act and ensure respect for State regulation of marriage, and for other purposes

Curator notes

Respect For Marriage Act - Repeals DOMA (which Obergefell rendered moot)

Sponsors

1 primary sponsor

Name	Party	Office	District	Role
Jerrold Nadler	Democratic	Representative	HD-NY-12	Primary sponsor

189 co-sponsors

Co-sponsors

Name	Party	Office	District	Role
David Cicilline	Democratic	Representative	HD-RI-1	Co-sponsor
Sharice Davids	Democratic	Representative	HD-KS-3	Co-sponsor
Mondaire Jones	Democratic	Representative	HD-NY-17	Co-sponsor
Sean Maloney	Democratic	Representative	HD-NY-18	Co-sponsor
Mark Pocan	Democratic	Representative	HD-WI-2	Co-sponsor
Mark Takano	Democratic	Representative	HD-CA-39	Co-sponsor
Angela Craig	Democratic	Representative	HD-MN-2	Co-sponsor
Christopher Pappas	Democratic	Representative	HD-NH-1	Co-sponsor
Ritchie Torres	Democratic	Representative	HD-NY-15	Co-sponsor
Joyce Beatty	Democratic	Representative	HD-OH-3	Co-sponsor
Raul Ruiz	Democratic	Representative	HD-CA-25	Co-sponsor
Judy Chu	Democratic	Representative	HD-CA-28	Co-sponsor
Hakeem Jeffries	Democratic	Representative	HD-NY-8	Co-sponsor
Adam Smith	Democratic	Representative	HD-WA-9	Co-sponsor
Donald Payne	Democratic	Representative	HD-NJ-10	Co-sponsor
Anthony Brown	Democratic	Representative	HD-MD-4	Co-sponsor
Janice Schakowsky	Democratic	Representative	HD-IL-9	Co-sponsor
Bonnie Coleman	Democratic	Representative	HD-NJ-12	Co-sponsor
Jim Cooper	Democratic	Representative	HD-TN-5	Co-sponsor
Danny Davis	Democratic	Representative	HD-IL-7	Co-sponsor
Katie Porter	Democratic	Representative	HD-CA-47	Co-sponsor
Troy Carter	Democratic	Representative	HD-LA-2	Co-sponsor
Alan Lowenthal	Democratic	Representative	HD-CA-47	Co-sponsor
John Larson	Democratic	Representative	HD-CT-1	Co-sponsor
Sylvia Garcia	Democratic	Representative	HD-TX-29	Co-sponsor
Ami Bera	Democratic	Representative	HD-CA-6	Co-sponsor
Donald Norcross	Democratic	Representative	HD-NJ-1	Co-sponsor
Theodore Deutch	Democratic	Representative	HD-FL-21	Co-sponsor
Paul Tonko	Democratic	Representative	HD-NY-20	Co-sponsor
Emanuel Cleaver	Democratic	Representative	HD-MO-5	Co-sponsor
Haley Stevens	Democratic	Representative	HD-MI-11	Co-sponsor
Linda Sanchez	Democratic	Representative	HD-CA-38	Co-sponsor
Henry Johnson	Democratic	Representative	HD-GA-4	Co-sponsor
David Trone	Democratic	Representative	HD-MD-6	Co-sponsor
Jamaal Bowman	Democratic	Representative	HD-NY-16	Co-sponsor
Ayanna Pressley	Democratic	Representative	HD-MA-7	Co-sponsor
Ann Kuster	Democratic	Representative	HD-NH-2	Co-sponsor
Nanette Barragan	Democratic	Representative	HD-CA-44	Co-sponsor
Chellie Pingree	Democratic	Representative	HD-ME-1	Co-sponsor
Adriano Espaillat	Democratic	Representative	HD-NY-13	Co-sponsor
Ruben Gallego	Democratic	Representative	SD-AZ	Co-sponsor
Peter Welch	Democratic	Representative	SD-VT	Co-sponsor
James Langevin	Democratic	Representative	HD-RI-2	Co-sponsor
Eleanor Norton	Democratic	Representative	HD-DC	Co-sponsor
Grace Meng	Democratic	Representative	HD-NY-6	Co-sponsor
Cheri Bustos	Democratic	Representative	HD-IL-17	Co-sponsor
Frederica Wilson	Democratic	Representative	HD-FL-24	Co-sponsor
Frank Pallone	Democratic	Representative	HD-NJ-6	Co-sponsor
Brian Higgins	Democratic	Representative	HD-NY-26	Co-sponsor
John Sarbanes	Democratic	Representative	HD-MD-3	Co-sponsor
Karen Bass	Democratic	Representative	HD-CA-37	Co-sponsor
Adam Schiff	Democratic	Representative	SD-CA	Co-sponsor
Brenda Lawrence	Democratic	Representative	HD-MI-14	Co-sponsor
Joaquin Castro	Democratic	Representative	HD-TX-20	Co-sponsor
Sara Jacobs	Democratic	Representative	HD-CA-51	Co-sponsor
Mike Thompson	Democratic	Representative	HD-CA-4	Co-sponsor
Steven Horsford	Democratic	Representative	HD-NV-4	Co-sponsor
Mark DeSaulnier	Democratic	Representative	HD-CA-10	Co-sponsor
Salud Carbajal	Democratic	Representative	HD-CA-24	Co-sponsor
Sean Casten	Democratic	Representative	HD-IL-6	Co-sponsor
Kaialii Kahele	Democratic	Representative	HD-HI-2	Co-sponsor
Marilyn Strickland	Democratic	Representative	HD-WA-10	Co-sponsor
Jamie Raskin	Democratic	Representative	HD-MD-8	Co-sponsor
Jackie Speier	Democratic	Representative	HD-CA-14	Co-sponsor
Rebecca Sherrill	Democratic	Representative	HD-NJ-11	Co-sponsor
Gerald Connolly	Democratic	Representative	HD-VA-11	Co-sponsor
Rashida Tlaib	Democratic	Representative	HD-MI-12	Co-sponsor
Earl Blumenauer	Democratic	Representative	HD-OR-3	Co-sponsor
Melanie Stansbury	Democratic	Representative	HD-NM-1	Co-sponsor
Jake Auchincloss	Democratic	Representative	HD-MA-4	Co-sponsor
Robin Kelly	Democratic	Representative	HD-IL-2	Co-sponsor
Debbie Wasserman Schultz	Democratic	Representative	HD-FL-25	Co-sponsor
Nikema Williams	Democratic	Representative	HD-GA-5	Co-sponsor
Bill Foster	Democratic	Representative	HD-IL-11	Co-sponsor
Dina Titus	Democratic	Representative	HD-NV-1	Co-sponsor
Alma Adams	Democratic	Representative	HD-NC-12	Co-sponsor
Raul Grijalva	Democratic	Representative	HD-AZ-7	Co-sponsor
Lloyd Doggett	Democratic	Representative	HD-TX-37	Co-sponsor
Brendan Boyle	Democratic	Representative	HD-PA-2	Co-sponsor
Ted Lieu	Democratic	Representative	HD-CA-36	Co-sponsor
Deborah Ross	Democratic	Representative	HD-NC-2	Co-sponsor
Elizabeth Fletcher	Democratic	Representative	HD-TX-7	Co-sponsor
John Garamendi	Democratic	Representative	HD-CA-8	Co-sponsor
Marcy Kaptur	Democratic	Representative	HD-OH-9	Co-sponsor
Cindy Axne	Democratic	Representative	HD-IA-3	Co-sponsor
Derek Kilmer	Democratic	Representative	HD-WA-6	Co-sponsor
Pramila Jayapal	Democratic	Representative	HD-WA-7	Co-sponsor
Debbie Dingell	Democratic	Representative	HD-MI-6	Co-sponsor
Barbara Lee	Democratic	Representative	HD-CA-12	Co-sponsor
Carolyn Maloney	Democratic	Representative	HD-NY-12	Co-sponsor
Jason Crow	Democratic	Representative	HD-CO-6	Co-sponsor
Donald McEachin	Democratic	Representative	HD-VA-4	Co-sponsor
James Himes	Democratic	Representative	HD-CT-4	Co-sponsor
Al Lawson	Democratic	Representative	HD-FL-5	Co-sponsor
Tony Cardenas	Democratic	Representative	HD-CA-29	Co-sponsor
Sheila Jackson-Lee	Democratic	Representative	HD-TX-18	Co-sponsor
Jim Costa	Democratic	Representative	HD-CA-21	Co-sponsor
Joseph Morelle	Democratic	Representative	HD-NY-25	Co-sponsor
Pete Aguilar	Democratic	Representative	HD-CA-33	Co-sponsor
John Yarmuth	Democratic	Representative	HD-KY-3	Co-sponsor
Daniel Kildee	Democratic	Representative	HD-MI-8	Co-sponsor
Andy Levin	Democratic	Representative	HD-MI-9	Co-sponsor
Michael Doyle	Democratic	Representative	HD-PA-14	Co-sponsor
Charlie Crist	Democratic	Representative	HD-FL-13	Co-sponsor
Dwight Evans	Democratic	Representative	HD-PA-3	Co-sponsor
Greg Stanton	Democratic	Representative	HD-AZ-4	Co-sponsor
Nydia Velazquez	Democratic	Representative	HD-NY-7	Co-sponsor
Jimmy Gomez	Democratic	Representative	HD-CA-34	Co-sponsor
Darren Soto	Democratic	Representative	HD-FL-9	Co-sponsor
Betty McCollum	Democratic	Representative	HD-MN-4	Co-sponsor
Luis Correa	Democratic	Representative	HD-CA-46	Co-sponsor
Lucille Roybal-Allard	Democratic	Representative	HD-CA-40	Co-sponsor
Bill Pascrell	Democratic	Representative	HD-NJ-9	Co-sponsor
Suzan DelBene	Democratic	Representative	HD-WA-1	Co-sponsor
Doris Matsui	Democratic	Representative	HD-CA-7	Co-sponsor
Ann Kirkpatrick	Democratic	Representative	HD-AZ-1	Co-sponsor
Grace Napolitano	Democratic	Representative	HD-CA-31	Co-sponsor
Lisa Rochester	Democratic	Representative	SD-DE	Co-sponsor
Colin Allred	Democratic	Representative	HD-TX-32	Co-sponsor
Diana DeGette	Democratic	Representative	HD-CO-1	Co-sponsor
Gwen Moore	Democratic	Representative	HD-WI-4	Co-sponsor
Joseph Neguse	Democratic	Representative	HD-CO-2	Co-sponsor
Julia Brownley	Democratic	Representative	HD-CA-26	Co-sponsor
Peter DeFazio	Democratic	Representative	HD-OR-4	Co-sponsor
Steve Cohen	Democratic	Representative	HD-TN-9	Co-sponsor
Andy Kim	Democratic	Representative	SD-NJ	Co-sponsor
Abigail Spanberger	Democratic	Representative	HD-VA-7	Co-sponsor
Eric Swalwell	Democratic	Representative	HD-CA-14	Co-sponsor
Dean Phillips	Democratic	Representative	HD-MN-3	Co-sponsor
Don Beyer	Democratic	Representative	HD-VA-8	Co-sponsor
Gregory Meeks	Democratic	Representative	HD-NY-5	Co-sponsor
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez	Democratic	Representative	HD-NY-14	Co-sponsor
Stephen Lynch	Democratic	Representative	HD-MA-8	Co-sponsor
Andre Carson	Democratic	Representative	HD-IN-7	Co-sponsor
Jerry McNerney	Democratic	Representative	HD-CA-9	Co-sponsor
Terri Sewell	Democratic	Representative	HD-AL-7	Co-sponsor
Ilhan Omar	Democratic	Representative	HD-MN-5	Co-sponsor
Rick Larsen	Democratic	Representative	HD-WA-2	Co-sponsor
Lori Trahan	Democratic	Representative	HD-MA-3	Co-sponsor
Raja Krishnamoorthi	Democratic	Representative	HD-IL-8	Co-sponsor
William Keating	Democratic	Representative	HD-MA-9	Co-sponsor
Al Green	Democratic	Representative	HD-TX-9	Co-sponsor
Mike Quigley	Democratic	Representative	HD-IL-5	Co-sponsor
Stephanie Murphy	Democratic	Representative	HD-FL-7	Co-sponsor
Kathy Castor	Democratic	Representative	HD-FL-14	Co-sponsor
Katherine Clark	Democratic	Representative	HD-MA-5	Co-sponsor
Teresa Fernandez	Democratic	Representative	HD-NM-3	Co-sponsor
Jahana Hayes	Democratic	Representative	HD-CT-5	Co-sponsor
Ed Perlmutter	Democratic	Representative	HD-CO-7	Co-sponsor
Anna Eshoo	Democratic	Representative	HD-CA-16	Co-sponsor
Madeleine Dean	Democratic	Representative	HD-PA-4	Co-sponsor
Tom Malinowski	Democratic	Representative	HD-NJ-7	Co-sponsor
Josh Gottheimer	Democratic	Representative	HD-NJ-5	Co-sponsor
Bradley Schneider	Democratic	Representative	HD-IL-10	Co-sponsor
Seth Moulton	Democratic	Representative	HD-MA-6	Co-sponsor
Lauren Underwood	Democratic	Representative	HD-IL-14	Co-sponsor
Susan Wild	Democratic	Representative	HD-PA-7	Co-sponsor
Kweisi Mfume	Democratic	Representative	HD-MD-7	Co-sponsor
Robert Scott	Democratic	Representative	HD-VA-3	Co-sponsor
Elissa Slotkin	Democratic	Representative	SD-MI	Co-sponsor
Scott Peters	Democratic	Representative	HD-CA-50	Co-sponsor
Brad Sherman	Democratic	Representative	HD-CA-32	Co-sponsor
Kathy Manning	Democratic	Representative	HD-NC-6	Co-sponsor
Tim Ryan	Democratic	Representative	HD-OH-13	Co-sponsor
Jennifer Wexton	Democratic	Representative	HD-VA-10	Co-sponsor
Kim Schrier	Democratic	Representative	HD-WA-8	Co-sponsor
Jimmy Panetta	Democratic	Representative	HD-CA-19	Co-sponsor
Suzanne Bonamici	Democratic	Representative	HD-OR-1	Co-sponsor
James McGovern	Democratic	Representative	HD-MA-2	Co-sponsor
Thomas Suozzi	Democratic	Representative	HD-NY-3	Co-sponsor
Tom O'Halleran	Democratic	Representative	HD-AZ-1	Co-sponsor
Matthew Cartwright	Democratic	Representative	HD-PA-8	Co-sponsor
Veronica Escobar	Democratic	Representative	HD-TX-16	Co-sponsor
David Price	Democratic	Representative	HD-NC-4	Co-sponsor
Rosa DeLauro	Democratic	Representative	HD-CT-3	Co-sponsor
Lois Frankel	Democratic	Representative	HD-FL-22	Co-sponsor
Conor Lamb	Democratic	Representative	HD-PA-18	Co-sponsor
Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick	Democratic	Representative	HD-FL-20	Co-sponsor
Mary Gay Scanlon	Democratic	Representative	HD-PA-5	Co-sponsor
Albio Sires	Democratic	Representative	HD-NJ-8	Co-sponsor
G. Butterfield	Democratic	Representative	HD-NC-1	Co-sponsor
Val Demings	Democratic	Representative	HD-FL-10	Co-sponsor
Juan Vargas	Democratic	Representative	HD-CA-52	Co-sponsor
Mike Levin	Democratic	Representative	HD-CA-49	Co-sponsor
Carolyn Bourdeaux	Democratic	Representative	HD-GA-7	Co-sponsor
Richard Neal	Democratic	Representative	HD-MA-1	Co-sponsor
Marie Newman	Democratic	Representative	HD-IL-3	Co-sponsor
Norma Torres	Democratic	Representative	HD-CA-35	Co-sponsor
Elaine Luria	Democratic	Representative	HD-VA-2	Co-sponsor

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