House Roll Call 782, 99th Congress · September 11, 1986

TO AMEND HR 5484 TO CHANGE THE EXCLUSIONARY RULE TO PERMIT THE INTRODUCTION OF EVIDENCE OBTAINED AS A RESULT OF A SEARCH OR SEIZURE IN CASES WHERE A POLICE OFFICER ACTING IN GOOD FAITH MAKES AN ERROR.

259 yea · 153 nay17 not voting or present

Democrat90 yea · 145 nay

Republican169 yea · 7 nay

Independent0 yea · 1 nay

Other1 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 5484 ↗

Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986

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): Establishing a good faith exception to the exclusionary rule expands police powers, increasing punitive outcomes.
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 (260)

Nay (154)

Not voting or present (17)

Gary L. AckermanDid not vote
Frederick C. BoucherDid not vote
John B. BreauxDid not vote
Sala Galante BurtonDid not vote
Carroll Ashmore Campbell Jr.Did not vote
Eugene A. ChappieDid not vote
John GrotbergDid not vote
Thomas Forbes HartnettDid not vote
Thomas Jerald HuckabyDid not vote
Edward J. MarkeyDid not vote
Joseph Michael McDadeDid not vote
Stephen Lybrook NealDid not vote
Eldon Dean RuddDid not vote
Richard Taylor SchulzeDid not vote
Samuel Studdiford StrattonDid not vote
Jamie Lloyd WhittenDid not vote
Don YoungDid not vote

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