Bipartisan Background Checks Act

On Mar 11, 2021, the House voted 227–203 on “On Passage” (HR 8). Result: Passed. By party: Democrats 219–1, Republicans 8–202. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 9 members voted against their own party.

During the 117th Congress (2021–2022), Joe Biden was president, and Democrats held the House majority and Republicans the Senate majority.

Result: Passed
Yes: 227
No: 203
Did not vote: 25
Date: Mar 11, 2021

By party

Republicans8 yes · 202 no · 13 didn’t vote
Democrats219 yes · 1 no · 12 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Vernon G. Buchanan R-FL voted yes
Carlos A. Gimenez R-FL voted yes
Maria Elvira Salazar R-FL voted yes
Adam Kinzinger R-IL voted yes
Jared Golden D-ME voted no
Frederick Stephen Upton R-MI voted yes
Christopher Henry Smith R-NJ voted yes
Andrew R. Garbarino R-NY voted yes
Brian K. Fitzpatrick R-PA voted yes

How each representative voted: Yes

Terri Sewell D-AL
Thomas C. O'Halleran D-AZ
Ann Kirkpatrick D-AZ
Raúl M. Grijalva D-AZ
Ruben Gallego D-AZ
Greg Stanton D-AZ
Jared Huffman D-CA
John Garamendi D-CA
Michael Thompson D-CA
Doris Matsui D-CA
Ami Bera D-CA
Jerry Mcnerney D-CA
Josh Harder D-CA
Mark James Desaulnier D-CA
Nancy Pelosi D-CA
Barbara Lee D-CA
Karen Lorraine Jacqueline (Jackie) Speier D-CA
Eric Swalwell D-CA
Jim Costa D-CA
Ro Khanna D-CA
Anna Georges Eshoo D-CA
Zoe Lofgren D-CA
James Varni Panetta D-CA
Salud Carbajal D-CA
Julia Brownley D-CA
Judy Chu D-CA
Adam Schiff D-CA
Tony Cárdenas D-CA
Brad Sherman D-CA
Peter Rey Aguilar D-CA
Grace Flores Napolitano D-CA
Ted Lieu D-CA
Jimmy Gomez D-CA
Norma Judith Torres D-CA
Raul Ruiz D-CA
Karen Bass D-CA
Linda T. Sánchez D-CA
Lucille Roybal-Allard D-CA
Mark Takano D-CA
Maxine Waters D-CA
Nanette Diaz Barragán D-CA
Katie Porter D-CA
Jose Luis Correa D-CA
Alan Lowenthal D-CA
Mike Levin D-CA
Juan Vargas D-CA
Scott Peters D-CA
Sara Jacobs D-CA
Diana Degette D-CO
Joseph Neguse D-CO
Jason Crow D-CO
Ed Perlmutter D-CO
John B. Larson D-CT
Joe Courtney D-CT
Rosa L. Delauro D-CT
James A. Himes D-CT
Jahana Hayes D-CT
Lisa Blunt Rochester D-DE
Alfred Jr. Lawson D-FL
Stephanie Murphy D-FL
Darren Michael Soto D-FL
Valdez Demings D-FL
Charlie Joseph Crist Jr. D-FL
Kathy Castor D-FL
Vernon G. Buchanan R-FL
Alcee Lamar Hastings D-FL
Lois Frankel D-FL
Theodore E. (Ted) Deutch D-FL
Debbie Wasserman Schultz D-FL
Frederica Wilson D-FL
Carlos A. Gimenez R-FL
Maria Elvira Salazar R-FL
Sanford Dixon Bishop Jr. D-GA
Hank Johnson D-GA
Nikema Williams D-GA
Lucy Mcbath D-GA
Carolyn Bourdeaux D-GA
David Scott D-GA
Ed Case D-HI
Kaialiʻi Kahele D-HI
Cynthia Axne D-IA
Bobby L. Rush D-IL
Robin L. Kelly D-IL
Marie Newman D-IL
Jesús García D-IL
Mike Quigley D-IL
Sean Casten D-IL
Danny K. Davis D-IL
S. Raja Krishnamoorthi D-IL
Janice D. Schakowsky D-IL
Brad Schneider D-IL
Bill Foster D-IL
Lauren Underwood D-IL
Adam Kinzinger R-IL
Cheri Bustos D-IL
Frank J. Mrvan D-IN
André Carson D-IN
Sharice Davids D-KS
John Yarmuth D-KY
Richard Edmund Neal D-MA
James P. Mcgovern D-MA
Lori Trahan D-MA
Jake Auchincloss D-MA
Katherine M. Clark D-MA
Seth Moulton D-MA
Ayanna Pressley D-MA
Stephen F. Lynch D-MA
William R. Keating D-MA
C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger D-MD
John Sarbanes D-MD
Anthony Gregory Brown D-MD
Steny Hamilton Hoyer D-MD
David Trone D-MD
Kweisi Mfume D-MD
Jamie Ben Raskin D-MD
Chellie Pingree D-ME
Dan Kildee D-MI
Frederick Stephen Upton R-MI
Elissa Slotkin D-MI
Andy Levin D-MI
Haley Stevens D-MI
Debbie Dingell D-MI
Rashida Tlaib D-MI
Brenda L Lawrence D-MI
Angela Craig D-MN
Dean Phillips D-MN
Betty Mccollum D-MN
Ilhan Omar D-MN
Cori Bush D-MO
Emanuel Cleaver II D-MO
Bennie Thompson D-MS
George Kenneth Butterfield Jr. (G.K.) D-NC
Deborah K. Ross D-NC
David Eugene Price D-NC
Kathy E. Manning D-NC
Alma Adams D-NC
Chris Pappas D-NH
Ann McLane Kuster D-NH
Donald Norcross D-NJ
Andy Kim D-NJ
Christopher Henry Smith R-NJ
Josh S. Gottheimer D-NJ
Frank Pallone Jr. D-NJ
Tomaz Malinowski D-NJ
Albio Sires D-NJ
William J. Pascrell Jr. D-NJ
Donald Payne Jr. D-NJ
Mikie Sherrill D-NJ
Bonnie Watson Coleman D-NJ
Debra Haaland D-NM
Teresa Leger Fernandez D-NM
Alice (Dina) Titus D-NV
Susie Lee D-NV
Steven Horsford D-NV
Andrew R. Garbarino R-NY
Thomas Suozzi D-NY
Kathleen Maura Rice D-NY
Gregory W. Meeks D-NY
Grace Meng D-NY
Nydia M. Velázquez D-NY
Hakeem Jeffries D-NY
Yvette Diane Clarke D-NY
Jerrold Lewis Nadler D-NY
Carolyn Bosher Maloney D-NY
Adriano J. Espaillat D-NY
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez D-NY
Ritchie Torres D-NY
Jamaal Bowman D-NY
Mondaire Jones D-NY
Sean Patrick Maloney D-NY
Antonio Delgado D-NY
Paul Tonko D-NY
Joseph Morelle D-NY
Brian Higgins D-NY
Joyce Beatty D-OH
Marcia Carolyn (Marcy) Kaptur D-OH
Timothy J. Ryan D-OH
Suzanne Bonamici D-OR
Earl Blumenauer D-OR
Peter Anthony Defazio D-OR
Kurt Schrader D-OR
Brian K. Fitzpatrick R-PA
Brendan Francis Boyle D-PA
Dwight Evans D-PA
Madeleine Dean D-PA
Mary Gay Scanlon D-PA
Christina Houlahan D-PA
Susan Wild D-PA
Matt Cartwright D-PA
Conor Lamb D-PA
Michael F. Doyle D-PA
David N. Cicilline D-RI
James Langevin D-RI
James Enos Clyburn D-SC
James Hayes Shofner Cooper D-TN
Stephen Cohen D-TN
Elizabeth Fletcher D-TX
Al Green D-TX
Vicente Gonzalez Jr. D-TX
Veronica Escobar D-TX
Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX
Joaquin Castro D-TX
Henry Cuellar D-TX
Sylvia Garcia D-TX
Eddie Bernice Johnson D-TX
Colin Allred D-TX
Marc Veasey D-TX
Filemon Vela D-TX
Lloyd Alton Doggett II D-TX
Elaine Luria D-VA
Robert C. Scott D-VA
Aston Donald Mceachin D-VA
Abigail Spanberger D-VA
Donald Sternoff Jr. Beyer D-VA
Jennifer Wexton D-VA
Gerald E. (Gerry) Connolly D-VA
Peter Welch D-VT
Suzan K. Delbene D-WA
Richard Ray (Rick) Larsen D-WA
Derek Kilmer D-WA
Pramila Jayapal D-WA
Kim Schrier D-WA
Adam Smith D-WA
Marilyn Strickland D-WA
Mark Pocan D-WI
Ron Kind D-WI
Gwendolynne S. (Gwen) Moore D-WI

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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Capitol Receipts, “Bipartisan Background Checks Act: House Vote, Mar 11, 2021,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/117-H-74/bipartisan-background-checks-act (accessed 2026-10-13).