HR 4197 — LGBTQ+ Panic Defense Prohibition Act of 2025
Congress 119 · introduced 2025-06-26
Latest action: — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Sponsors
- Garamendi, John (D, CA-8) — cosponsor
- Takano, Mark (D, CA-39) — cosponsor
- Salinas, Andrea (D, OR-6) — cosponsor
- Hayes, Jahana (D, CT-5) — cosponsor
- Neguse, Joe (D, CO-2) — cosponsor
- Strickland, Marilyn (D, WA-10) — cosponsor
- Frost, Maxwell (D, FL-10) — cosponsor
- Chu, Judy (D, CA-28) — cosponsor
- Kennedy, Timothy M. (D, NY-26) — cosponsor
- Fletcher, Lizzie (D, TX-7) — cosponsor
- Thanedar, Shri (D, MI-13) — cosponsor
Action timeline
- · H11100 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
- · Intro-H — Introduced in House
- · 1000 — Introduced in House
Text versions
- Introduced in House · 2025-06-26 — open
Connected on the graph
12 typed relationships in the influence graph — 12 inbound, 0 outbound, grouped by type.
cosponsor of bill (11)
| date | dir | entity | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | ← | Takano, Mark | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| — | ← | Thanedar, Shri | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| — | ← | Garamendi, John | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| — | ← | Salinas, Andrea | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| — | ← | Kennedy, Timothy M. | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| — | ← | Fletcher, Lizzie | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| — | ← | Chu, Judy | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| — | ← | Frost, Maxwell | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| — | ← | Neguse, Joe | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| — | ← | Strickland, Marilyn | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| — | ← | Hayes, Jahana | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
discussed at hearing (1)
| date | dir | entity | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-10 | ← | 47cad1f5 | — | congress-hearing-mention |
The full graph
Every typed relationship touching this entity — 12 edges across 1 category. Grouped by what the connection is; the heaviest few are shown, with a link to the full list.
Legislation
← Cosponsored bill 11 edges
- Neguse, Joe · cosponsor
- Garamendi, John · cosponsor
- Takano, Mark · cosponsor
- Salinas, Andrea · cosponsor
- Strickland, Marilyn · cosponsor
- Hayes, Jahana · cosponsor
- Chu, Judy · cosponsor
- Kennedy, Timothy M. · cosponsor
← Discussed at hearing 1 edge
- hearing 47cad1f5 · 2025-12-10
Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Takano, Mark (D, house CA-39) | cosponsor | 12 | — | 6 |
| 2 | Kennedy, Timothy M. (D, house NY-26) | cosponsor | 4 | — | 5 |
| 3 | Chu, Judy (D, house CA-28) | cosponsor | 3 | — | 4 |
| 4 | Fletcher, Lizzie (D, house TX-7) | cosponsor | 2 | — | 3 |
| 5 | Garamendi, John (D, house CA-8) | cosponsor | 2 | — | 3 |
| 6 | Hayes, Jahana (D, house CT-5) | cosponsor | 2 | — | 3 |
| 7 | Frost, Maxwell (D, house FL-10) | cosponsor | 1 | — | 2 |
| 8 | Neguse, Joe (D, house CO-2) | cosponsor | 1 | — | 2 |
| 9 | Salinas, Andrea (D, house OR-6) | cosponsor | 1 | — | 2 |
| 10 | Strickland, Marilyn (D, house WA-10) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 11 | Thanedar, Shri (D, house MI-13) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
Who's influencing them
Orgs ranked by combined money flow on this bill: LDA filings citing the bill + individual contributions in cycle 2026from donors whose employer matches the org name (Schedule A) to any principal committee in the "who matters" list above.
| # | Org | LDA filings | LDA spend | Donor employees | Employee donations | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not employed | 0 | $0 | 2,668 | $1,910,022 | $1,910,022 |
| 2 | self employed | 0 | $0 | 337 | $325,882 | $325,882 |
| 3 | self | 0 | $0 | 100 | $146,589 | $146,589 |
| 4 | retired | 0 | $0 | 105 | $116,038 | $116,038 |
| 5 | n/a | 0 | $0 | 96 | $89,940 | $89,940 |
| 6 | self-employed | 0 | $0 | 32 | $64,611 | $64,611 |
| 7 | none | 0 | $0 | 17 | $24,068 | $24,068 |
| 8 | brownstein hyatt farber schreck | 0 | $0 | 14 | $23,575 | $23,575 |
| 9 | great lakes anesthesiology | 0 | $0 | 4 | $21,950 | $21,950 |
| 10 | holland & hart llp | 0 | $0 | 11 | $18,250 | $18,250 |
| 11 | apollo global management | 0 | $0 | 4 | $17,500 | $17,500 |
| 12 | invariant | 0 | $0 | 11 | $17,250 | $17,250 |
| 13 | aza | 0 | $0 | 3 | $15,000 | $15,000 |
| 14 | sterling group | 0 | $0 | 5 | $15,000 | $15,000 |
| 15 | gfp real estate | 0 | $0 | 2 | $14,000 | $14,000 |
| 16 | keller anderle scolnick llp | 0 | $0 | 1 | $14,000 | $14,000 |
| 17 | chihuly inc. | 0 | $0 | 2 | $14,000 | $14,000 |
| 18 | foundry group | 0 | $0 | 2 | $12,500 | $12,500 |
| 19 | joy real estate, llc | 0 | $0 | 1 | $12,000 | $12,000 |
| 20 | arnold ventures | 0 | $0 | 1 | $12,000 | $12,000 |
| 21 | post acute partners | 0 | $0 | 2 | $12,000 | $12,000 |
| 22 | university of colorado | 0 | $0 | 5 | $11,915 | $11,915 |
| 23 | sessa capital | 0 | $0 | 1 | $11,500 | $11,500 |
| 24 | hodgson russ, llp | 0 | $0 | 3 | $11,315 | $11,315 |
| 25 | amazon | 0 | $0 | 8 | $10,856 | $10,856 |
Predicted vote
Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.
11 predicted yes (2%) · 280 predicted no (52%) · 252 unknown (46%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 11 yes / 0 no / 252 unknown · I: 0 yes / 3 no
11 high-confidence positions (voted + sponsor + cosponsor)
- Chu, Judy (D · house · CA-28) · cosponsor
- Fletcher, Lizzie (D · house · TX-7) · cosponsor
- Frost, Maxwell (D · house · FL-10) · cosponsor
- Garamendi, John (D · house · CA-8) · cosponsor
- Hayes, Jahana (D · house · CT-5) · cosponsor
- Kennedy, Timothy M. (D · house · NY-26) · cosponsor
- Neguse, Joe (D · house · CO-2) · cosponsor
- Salinas, Andrea (D · house · OR-6) · cosponsor
- Strickland, Marilyn (D · house · WA-10) · cosponsor
- Takano, Mark (D · house · CA-39) · cosponsor
- Thanedar, Shri (D · house · MI-13) · cosponsor
Activity
Every typed-graph event involving this entity, newest first. Each row is one edge in the influence graph; click the date to jump to its provenance.
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Kennedy, Timothy M. (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Frost, Maxwell (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Hayes, Jahana (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Salinas, Andrea (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Chu, Judy (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Thanedar, Shri (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Garamendi, John (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Strickland, Marilyn (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Neguse, Joe (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Takano, Mark (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Fletcher, Lizzie (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-12-10 · was discussed at MEMBER DAY · congress-hearing-mention