House Roll Call 1015, 104th Congress · May 7, 1996

Megan’s Law — H.R.2137 BY ZIMMER (R-NJ) -- MEGAN'S LAW (HOUSE PASSED H.R. 2137, AMENDED, TO THE VIOLENT CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT ACT OF 1994 TO REQUIRE THE RELEASE OF RELEVANT INFORMATION TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC FROM SEXUALLY VIOLENT OFFENDERS.)

Question before the chamber: On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended

418 yea · 0 nayPassed15 not voting or present

Democrat186 yea · 0 nay

Republican231 yea · 0 nay

Independent1 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 2137 ↗

Megan's Law

Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement — assigned by Library of Congress subject specialists, not by this site.

How this vote is scored

Which tracked issues this roll call counts toward, and which way a yea vote moves a member on each. Direction is decided per issue, because one bill can push two issues opposite ways.

Criminal JusticeA yea counts toward “Punitive”
model(0.95): Requires public disclosure of information regarding sexually violent offenders.
Tagged by: policy-area:Crime and Law Enforcement
Axis: Reform-oriented ← → Punitive

Who voted which way

Every member recorded on this roll call, with the party they sat with at the time.

Yea (418)

Nay (0)

None

Not voting or present (15)

Anthony Charles BeilensonDid not vote
Harold Eugene FordDid not vote
Sam Melville GibbonsDid not vote
Steven Craig GundersonDid not vote
Jane HarmanDid not vote
James Allison HayesDid not vote
Joseph Michael McDadeDid not vote
Susan MolinariDid not vote
Alan B. MollohanDid not vote
Major R. OwensDid not vote
Mark Edward SouderDid not vote
Fortney Pete StarkDid not vote
Gerry Eastman StuddsDid not vote
Peter J. ViscloskyDid not vote
Sidney Richard YatesDid not vote

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