Patents for Humanity Act

On Dec 6, 2022, the House voted 396–24 on “On the Motion to Suspend the Rules and Concur in the Senate Amendment” (HR 5796). Result: Passed. By party: Democrats 216–0, Republicans 180–24. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 24 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: 396
No: 24
Did not vote: 35
Date: Dec 6, 2022

By party

Republicans180 yes · 24 no · 19 didn’t vote
Democrats216 yes · 0 no · 16 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Mo Brooks R-AL voted no
Paul Gosar R-AZ voted no
Andrew S. Biggs R-AZ voted no
Tom Mcclintock R-CA voted no
Jay Obernolte R-CA voted no
Kenneth Robert Buck R-CO voted no
Byron Donalds R-FL voted no
Andrew S. Clyde R-GA voted no
Jody Brownlow Hice R-GA voted no
Marjorie Taylor Greene R-GA voted no
Mary E. Miller R-IL voted no
Clay Higgins R-LA voted no
Andy Harris R-MD voted no
Matthew M. Rosendale Sr. R-MT voted no
Dan Bishop R-NC voted no
Claudia Tenney R-NY voted no
Warren Davidson R-OH voted no
Ralph Norman R-SC voted no
Diana Harshbarger R-TN voted no
Louie Gohmert R-TX voted no
Charles Roy R-TX voted no
Michael Cloud R-TX voted no
H. Morgan Griffith R-VA voted no
Glenn Grothman R-WI voted no

The bill

H.R. 5796: Patents for Humanity Act of 2022

How each representative voted: Yes

Mary Sattler Peltola D-AK
Jerry L. Carl R-AL
Barry Moore R-AL
Mike Dennis Rogers R-AL
Robert Aderholt R-AL
Gary James Palmer R-AL
Terri Sewell D-AL
Rick Crawford R-AR
French Hill R-AR
Steve Womack R-AR
Bruce Westerman R-AR
Thomas C. O'Halleran D-AZ
Ann Kirkpatrick D-AZ
Raúl M. Grijalva D-AZ
David Schweikert R-AZ
Ruben Gallego D-AZ
Debbie Lesko R-AZ
Greg Stanton D-AZ
Doug Lamalfa R-CA
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
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
David G. Valadao R-CA
Connie Conway R-CA
Kevin Mccarthy R-CA
Salud Carbajal D-CA
Mike Garcia R-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
Young Kim R-CA
Lucille Roybal-Allard D-CA
Mark Takano D-CA
Ken Calvert R-CA
Maxine Waters D-CA
Nanette Diaz Barragán D-CA
Katie Porter D-CA
Jose Luis Correa D-CA
Alan Lowenthal D-CA
Michelle Steel R-CA
Mike Levin D-CA
Darrell Issa R-CA
Juan Vargas D-CA
Scott Peters D-CA
Sara Jacobs D-CA
Diana Degette D-CO
Joseph Neguse D-CO
Lauren Boebert R-CO
Doug Lamborn R-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
Matthew L. II Gaetz R-FL
Neal Patrick Dunn R-FL
Kat Cammack R-FL
Alfred Jr. Lawson D-FL
Michael Waltz R-FL
Stephanie Murphy D-FL
Darren Michael Soto D-FL
Valdez Demings D-FL
Daniel A. Webster R-FL
Gus Bilirakis R-FL
Kathy Castor D-FL
C. Scott Franklin R-FL
Vernon G. Buchanan R-FL
W. Greg Steube R-FL
Brian Jeffrey Mast R-FL
Sheila Cherfilus-Mccormick D-FL
Lois Frankel D-FL
Debbie Wasserman Schultz D-FL
Frederica Wilson D-FL
Mario Diaz-Balart R-FL
Carlos A. Gimenez R-FL
Maria Elvira Salazar R-FL
Buddy Carter R-GA
Sanford Dixon Bishop Jr. D-GA
Hank Johnson D-GA
Nikema Williams D-GA
Lucy Mcbath D-GA
Carolyn Bourdeaux D-GA
Austin Scott R-GA
Barry D. Loudermilk R-GA
Rick W. Allen R-GA
David Scott D-GA
Ed Case D-HI
Kaialiʻi Kahele D-HI
Ashley Hinson R-IA
Mariannette Miller-Meeks R-IA
Cynthia Axne D-IA
Randy Feenstra R-IA
Russell Fulcher R-ID
Michael K. Simpson R-ID
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
Mike Bost R-IL
Rodney Davis R-IL
Lauren Underwood D-IL
Cheri Bustos D-IL
Darin Lahood R-IL
Frank J. Mrvan D-IN
Rudy Yakym III R-IN
James E. Banks R-IN
James Baird R-IN
Victoria Spartz R-IN
Gregory Pence R-IN
André Carson D-IN
Joseph Albert III Hollingsworth R-IN
Tracey Mann R-KS
Jake Laturner R-KS
Sharice Davids D-KS
Ron Estes R-KS
James Comer R-KY
Brett Guthrie R-KY
Thomas Massie R-KY
Harold Dallas (Hal) Rogers R-KY
Garland H. (Andy) Barr IV R-KY
Steve Scalise R-LA
Troy Carter D-LA
Mike Johnson R-LA
Julia Letlow R-LA
Garret Graves R-LA
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
Jared Golden D-ME
Bill Huizenga R-MI
John Moolenaar R-MI
Dan Kildee D-MI
Frederick Stephen Upton R-MI
Tim Walberg R-MI
Elissa Slotkin D-MI
Andy Levin D-MI
Lisa C. Mcclain R-MI
Haley Stevens D-MI
Debbie Dingell D-MI
Rashida Tlaib D-MI
Brenda L Lawrence D-MI
Brad Finstad R-MN
Angela Craig D-MN
Dean Phillips D-MN
Betty Mccollum D-MN
Ilhan Omar D-MN
Thomas Earl Emmer II R-MN
Michelle Fischbach R-MN
Peter Stauber R-MN
Cori Bush D-MO
Ann Wagner R-MO
Blaine Luetkemeyer R-MO
Vicky Hartzler R-MO
Emanuel Cleaver II D-MO
Samuel Graves R-MO
Billy Long R-MO
Jason Smith R-MO
Trent Kelly R-MS
Bennie Thompson D-MS
Michael Guest R-MS
Steven Palazzo R-MS
George Kenneth Butterfield Jr. (G.K.) D-NC
Deborah K. Ross D-NC
Gregory Francis Murphy R-NC
David Eugene Price D-NC
Virginia Ann Foxx R-NC
Kathy E. Manning D-NC
David Rouzer R-NC
Richard Hudson R-NC
Patrick T. Mchenry R-NC
Madison Cawthorn R-NC
Alma Adams D-NC
Theodore Paul Budd R-NC
Kelly Armstrong R-ND
Mike Flood R-NE
Donald J. Bacon R-NE
Adrian Smith R-NE
Chris Pappas D-NH
Ann McLane Kuster D-NH
Donald Norcross D-NJ
Jefferson Van Drew R-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
Melanie Ann Stansbury D-NM
Yvette Herrell R-NM
Teresa Leger Fernandez D-NM
Alice (Dina) Titus D-NV
Mark E. Amodei R-NV
Susie Lee D-NV
Steven Horsford D-NV
Lee M Zeldin R-NY
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
Nicole Malliotakis R-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
Patrick Ryan D-NY
Paul Tonko D-NY
Elise M. Stefanik R-NY
Joseph Sempolinski R-NY
John Katko R-NY
Joseph Morelle D-NY
Brian Higgins D-NY
Chris Jacobs R-NY
Steve Chabot R-OH
Brad Wenstrup R-OH
Joyce Beatty D-OH
Jim Jordan R-OH
Robert E. Latta R-OH
Bill Johnson R-OH
Bob Gibbs R-OH
Marcia Carolyn (Marcy) Kaptur D-OH
Michael R. Turner R-OH
Shontel M. Brown D-OH
Troy Balderson R-OH
Timothy J. Ryan D-OH
David Joyce R-OH
Mike Carey R-OH
Anthony Gonzalez R-OH
Kevin Hern R-OK
Markwayne Mullin R-OK
Frank D. Lucas R-OK
Tom Cole R-OK
Stephanie I. Bice R-OK
Suzanne Bonamici D-OR
Cliff Bentz R-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
Dan Meuser R-PA
Scott Perry R-PA
Lloyd K. Smucker R-PA
Fred Keller R-PA
John Joyce R-PA
Guy Reschenthaler R-PA
Glenn Thompson R-PA
Mike Kelly R-PA
Conor Lamb D-PA
Michael F. Doyle D-PA
David N. Cicilline D-RI
James Langevin D-RI
Nancy Mace R-SC
Jeff Duncan R-SC
William Timmons R-SC
James Enos Clyburn D-SC
Tom Rice R-SC
Dustin (Dusty) Johnson R-SD
Timothy Burchett R-TN
Chuck Fleischmann R-TN
Scott Desjarlais R-TN
James Hayes Shofner Cooper D-TN
John Rose R-TN
Mark E. Green R-TN
David Kustoff R-TN
Stephen Cohen D-TN
Daniel Crenshaw R-TX
Nicholas Taylor R-TX
Pat Fallon R-TX
Lance Gooden R-TX
Jake Ellzey R-TX
Elizabeth Fletcher D-TX
Kevin Patrick Brady R-TX
Al Green D-TX
Michael T. Mccaul R-TX
August Pfluger R-TX
Kay Granger R-TX
Ronny Jackson R-TX
Randy Weber R-TX
Vicente Gonzalez Jr. D-TX
Veronica Escobar D-TX
Pete Sessions R-TX
Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX
Jodey Cook Arrington R-TX
Joaquin Castro D-TX
Troy E. Nehls R-TX
Tony Gonzales R-TX
Beth Van Duyne R-TX
Roger Williams R-TX
Michael C. Burgess R-TX
Henry Cuellar D-TX
Sylvia Garcia D-TX
Eddie Bernice Johnson D-TX
John R. Carter R-TX
Colin Allred D-TX
Marc Veasey D-TX
Mayra Flores R-TX
Lloyd Alton Doggett II D-TX
Brian Babin R-TX
Blake D. Moore R-UT
Chris Stewart R-UT
John R. Curtis R-UT
Burgess Owens R-UT
Robert J. Wittman R-VA
Elaine Luria D-VA
Bob Good R-VA
Benjamin Cline R-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
Jaime Herrera Beutler R-WA
Daniel Milton Newhouse R-WA
Cathy Mcmorris Rodgers R-WA
Derek Kilmer D-WA
Pramila Jayapal D-WA
Kim Schrier D-WA
Adam Smith D-WA
Marilyn Strickland D-WA
Bryan Steil R-WI
Mark Pocan D-WI
Ron Kind D-WI
Gwendolynne S. (Gwen) Moore D-WI
Scott Fitzgerald R-WI
Thomas P. Tiffany R-WI
Michael Gallagher R-WI
David Mckinley R-WV
Alex X. Mooney R-WV
Carol Miller R-WV

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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Capitol Receipts, “Patents for Humanity Act: House Vote, Dec 6, 2022,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/117-H-958/patents-for-humanity-act (accessed 2026-10-16).