Henry "Hank" Johnson, Jr.

Voted yes to concur in Senate amendments to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

March 21, 2010Supports Healthcare Affordability

Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 22, 2026

Voted yes on House passage of the Affordable Health Care for America Act.

November 7, 2009Supports Healthcare Affordability

Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 22, 2026

Introduced a bill to cap patients’ out-of-pocket payments for specialty prescription drugs.

October 13, 2009Supports Healthcare Affordability

Source: hankjohnson.house.gov · researched September 22, 2026

Co-introduced a bipartisan bill creating a nationwide hepatitis C testing and treatment program.

July 15, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: hankjohnson.house.gov · researched September 22, 2026

Led a Georgia delegation letter requesting federal oversight of chemicals after the BioLab fire in Rockdale County.

October 9, 2024Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: hankjohnson.house.gov · researched September 22, 2026

Voted for House passage of the Climate Action Now Act, which addressed U.S. participation in the Paris climate agreement.

May 2, 2019Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: hankjohnson.house.gov · researched September 22, 2026

Sponsored legislation addressing neglected infections of poverty that passed the House.

September 29, 2010Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: hankjohnson.house.gov · researched September 22, 2026

Reintroduced the Judiciary Accountability Act to strengthen workplace protections for federal judiciary employees.

September 25, 2024Supports Labor Rights

Source: hankjohnson.house.gov · researched September 22, 2026

Sponsored the FAIR Act to restrict mandatory arbitration in consumer and employment disputes; the House passed it.

September 20, 2019Supports Labor Rights

Source: hankjohnson.house.gov · researched September 22, 2026

Introduced arbitration legislation with Senate colleagues to limit mandatory arbitration in consumer and employment disputes.

May 17, 2011Supports Labor Rights

Source: hankjohnson.house.gov · researched September 22, 2026

Introduced the Justice is BLIND Act to require federal judges and Supreme Court justices to place financial assets in blind trusts.

July 20, 2026Supports Anti-Corruption

Source: hankjohnson.house.gov · researched September 22, 2026

Led a letter with Senator Elizabeth Warren seeking information about Amazon’s payments for a documentary involving the president’s family and possible conflicts with federal decision-making.

March 16, 2026Supports Anti-Corruption

Source: hankjohnson.house.gov · researched September 22, 2026

Co-introduced the SCERT Act to impose ethics, recusal, and disclosure requirements on Supreme Court justices.

May 20, 2025Supports Anti-Corruption

Source: hankjohnson.house.gov · researched September 22, 2026

Introduced the TRUST Act to continue investigation of judicial misconduct complaints after a judge leaves office.

May 1, 2025Supports Anti-Corruption

Source: hankjohnson.house.gov · researched September 22, 2026

Led a letter asking the Justice Department to review allegations concerning Justice Clarence Thomas’s financial disclosures.

August 14, 2023Supports Anti-Corruption

Source: hankjohnson.house.gov · researched September 22, 2026

Sponsored the SCERT Act on Supreme Court ethics, recusal, gifts, and travel; it passed the House Judiciary Committee.

May 11, 2022Supports Anti-Corruption

Source: hankjohnson.house.gov · researched September 22, 2026

Co-introduced the AMICUS Act to require disclosure of funding behind certain court amicus briefs.

July 26, 2019Supports Anti-Corruption

Source: hankjohnson.house.gov · researched September 22, 2026

Was appointed a House manager for the impeachment proceedings against federal judge Samuel B. Kent.

June 19, 2009Supports Anti-Corruption

Source: govinfo.gov · researched September 22, 2026

Sponsored the Open Courts Act to modernize federal electronic court records and eliminate public access fees; it passed the House.

December 8, 2020Supports Government Efficiency

Source: hankjohnson.house.gov · researched September 22, 2026

Introduced legislation to designate election systems as critical infrastructure and improve voting-system security.

September 21, 2016Supports Government Efficiency

Source: hankjohnson.house.gov · researched September 22, 2026

Introduced the VOTE Act to require checks of electronic vote totals in federal elections.

August 23, 2012Supports Government Efficiency

Source: hankjohnson.house.gov · researched September 22, 2026

Introduced a resolution calling for an increase in the number of refugees admitted to the United States.

September 20, 2018Supports Immigration

Source: hankjohnson.house.gov · researched September 22, 2026

Co-introduced a bipartisan bill creating a nationwide hepatitis C testing and treatment program.

July 15, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: hankjohnson.house.gov · researched September 22, 2026

Announced that more than $11 million in district community-project funding was included in federal spending bills signed into law.

February 5, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: hankjohnson.house.gov · researched September 22, 2026

Introduced bipartisan legislation to expand federal support for public transit service.

May 16, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: hankjohnson.house.gov · researched September 22, 2026

Announced that $15.8 million in district community-project funding had been signed into law in federal spending legislation.

March 11, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: hankjohnson.house.gov · researched September 22, 2026

Announced $1.6 million in federal grants to local governments for pedestrian safety projects.

October 27, 2023Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: hankjohnson.house.gov · researched September 22, 2026

Worked with Senator Jon Ossoff on a cybersecurity education grant program for historically Black colleges and universities that was signed into law.

August 9, 2022Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: hankjohnson.house.gov · researched September 22, 2026

Introduced legislation creating cybersecurity-education grants for historically Black colleges and universities.

October 15, 2021Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: hankjohnson.house.gov · researched September 22, 2026

Voted yes on House passage of the HEROES Act.

May 15, 2020Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 22, 2026

Secured defense-bill provisions on military leadership diversity and funding for historically Black colleges and universities.

May 10, 2012Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: hankjohnson.house.gov · researched September 22, 2026

Voted yes to concur in Senate amendments to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

March 21, 2010Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 22, 2026

Introduced H.Res. 950 urging the use of unobligated bank-rescue funds for job creation.

December 14, 2009Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: hankjohnson.house.gov · researched September 22, 2026

Voted yes on House passage of the Affordable Health Care for America Act.

November 7, 2009Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 22, 2026

Worked with Senator Jon Ossoff on a cybersecurity education grant program for historically Black colleges and universities that was signed into law.

August 9, 2022Supports Social Programs and Welfare

Source: hankjohnson.house.gov · researched September 22, 2026

Introduced legislation creating cybersecurity-education grants for historically Black colleges and universities.

October 15, 2021Supports Social Programs and Welfare

Source: hankjohnson.house.gov · researched September 22, 2026

Voted yes on House passage of the HEROES Act.

May 15, 2020Supports Social Programs and Welfare

Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 22, 2026

Secured defense-bill provisions on military leadership diversity and funding for historically Black colleges and universities.

May 10, 2012Supports Social Programs and Welfare

Source: hankjohnson.house.gov · researched September 22, 2026

Co-introduced the Gun Violence Prevention and Community Safety Act with Senator Elizabeth Warren.

January 30, 2020Supports Gun Control

Source: hankjohnson.house.gov · researched September 22, 2026

Joined a House floor sit-in seeking a vote on gun-violence legislation.

June 22, 2016Supports Gun Control

Source: hankjohnson.house.gov · researched September 22, 2026

Secured defense-bill provisions on military leadership diversity and funding for historically Black colleges and universities.

May 10, 2012Supports National Defense

Source: hankjohnson.house.gov · researched September 22, 2026

Voted no on House passage of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.

November 16, 2017Opposes Personal Income Tax Reduction

Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 22, 2026

Secured House passage of an amendment addressing privacy and sensitive information in a federal bill.

April 28, 2017Supports Data Privacy

Source: hankjohnson.house.gov · researched September 22, 2026

Voted yes on House passage of the USA FREEDOM Act of 2015.

May 13, 2015Supports Data Privacy

Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 22, 2026

Voted yes on House passage of the USA FREEDOM Act.

May 22, 2014Supports Data Privacy

Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 22, 2026

Introduced the BEST Practices Act concerning standards for computer searches at U.S. borders.

September 25, 2013Supports Data Privacy

Source: hankjohnson.house.gov · researched September 22, 2026

Introduced H.R. 1913, the APPS Act, to require privacy policies and user controls for mobile applications.

May 9, 2013Supports Data Privacy

Source: hankjohnson.house.gov · researched September 22, 2026

Voted no on H.R. 5949, a five-year extension of the FISA Amendments Act of 2008.

September 12, 2012Supports Data Privacy

Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 22, 2026

Reintroduced legislation to restrict and track transfers of excess military equipment to law enforcement agencies.

March 3, 2026Supports Civil Rights

Source: hankjohnson.house.gov · researched September 22, 2026

Co-introduced the RAP Act to limit use of artistic expression as evidence in criminal and civil cases.

July 24, 2025Supports Civil Rights

Source: hankjohnson.house.gov · researched September 22, 2026

Co-introduced legislation restricting use of artists’ creative expression as evidence in court.

July 27, 2022Supports Civil Rights

Source: hankjohnson.house.gov · researched September 22, 2026

Co-introduced legislation to prohibit discrimination in financial services.

October 22, 2020Supports Civil Rights

Source: hankjohnson.house.gov · researched September 22, 2026

Introduced legislation allowing death-row prisoners to present newly discovered evidence of innocence.

July 9, 2020Supports Civil Rights

Source: hankjohnson.house.gov · researched September 22, 2026

Voted yes to concur in the Senate amendment to the First Step Act.

December 20, 2018Supports Civil Rights

Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 22, 2026

Introduced legislation to make police officers subject to federal civil-rights prosecution under revised standards.

February 26, 2015Supports Civil Rights

Source: hankjohnson.house.gov · researched September 22, 2026

Introduced H.R. 5830 to require special prosecutors in grand-jury cases involving police killings of civilians.

December 11, 2014Supports Civil Rights

Source: hankjohnson.house.gov · researched September 22, 2026

Co-introduced legislation to restrict transfers of surplus military equipment to police departments.

September 16, 2014Supports Civil Rights

Source: hankjohnson.house.gov · researched September 22, 2026

Voted yes on House passage of the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013.

February 28, 2013Supports Civil Rights

Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 22, 2026

Co-introduced the Open App Markets Act to regulate app-store practices affecting developers and consumers.

August 13, 2021Supports Corporate Accountability

Source: hankjohnson.house.gov · researched September 22, 2026

Co-introduced legislation to prohibit discrimination in financial services.

October 22, 2020Supports Corporate Accountability

Source: hankjohnson.house.gov · researched September 22, 2026

Sponsored the FAIR Act to restrict mandatory arbitration in consumer and employment disputes; the House passed it.

September 20, 2019Supports Corporate Accountability

Source: hankjohnson.house.gov · researched September 22, 2026

Requested federal antitrust review of the proposed Dow and DuPont merger.

December 11, 2015Supports Corporate Accountability

Source: hankjohnson.house.gov · researched September 22, 2026

Introduced arbitration legislation with Senate colleagues to limit mandatory arbitration in consumer and employment disputes.

May 17, 2011Supports Corporate Accountability

Source: hankjohnson.house.gov · researched September 22, 2026

Announced that more than $11 million in district community-project funding was included in federal spending bills signed into law.

February 5, 2026Supports Public Infrastructure

Source: hankjohnson.house.gov · researched September 22, 2026

Introduced bipartisan legislation to expand federal support for public transit service.

May 16, 2025Supports Public Infrastructure

Source: hankjohnson.house.gov · researched September 22, 2026

Announced that $15.8 million in district community-project funding had been signed into law in federal spending legislation.

March 11, 2024Supports Public Infrastructure

Source: hankjohnson.house.gov · researched September 22, 2026

Announced $1.6 million in federal grants to local governments for pedestrian safety projects.

October 27, 2023Supports Public Infrastructure

Source: hankjohnson.house.gov · researched September 22, 2026

Introduced legislation to suspend U.S. security aid to Honduras until specified human-rights conditions were met.

June 15, 2016Supports Peaceful Foreign Policy

Source: hankjohnson.house.gov · researched September 22, 2026

Voted yes on a House resolution disapproving the announced deployment of more than 20,000 additional U.S. combat troops to Iraq.

February 16, 2007Supports Peaceful Foreign Policy

Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 22, 2026

Reintroduced legislation to establish term limits and a regular appointment process for Supreme Court justices.

September 19, 2023

Source: hankjohnson.house.gov · researched September 22, 2026

Co-introduced legislation to expand the Supreme Court from nine to thirteen justices.

April 15, 2021

Source: hankjohnson.house.gov · researched September 22, 2026

Endorsed Joe Biden for president during the 2020 Democratic primary.

March 9, 2020

Source: presidency.ucsb.edu · researched September 22, 2026

Voted yes on Article I of the House impeachment resolution concerning President Donald Trump.

December 18, 2019

Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 22, 2026

Was elected chair of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.

January 23, 2019

Source: hankjohnson.house.gov · researched September 22, 2026

Sponsored H.Res. 1055 affirming U.S.–Liberia ties and calling for implementation of Liberia’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission recommendations; the House approved it.

November 13, 2018

Source: hankjohnson.house.gov · researched September 22, 2026

Became ranking member of a House Transportation and Infrastructure subcommittee.

January 24, 2017

Source: hankjohnson.house.gov · researched September 22, 2026

Sponsored a bill simplifying state income-tax rules for employees working temporarily in multiple states; it passed the House by voice vote.

September 21, 2016

Source: hankjohnson.house.gov · researched September 22, 2026

Voted yes on House passage of the Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability Act.

June 9, 2016

Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 22, 2026

Became ranking member of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law.

January 30, 2014

Source: hankjohnson.house.gov · researched September 22, 2026

Became a co-chair of the Congressional Rare Earth Caucus.

February 7, 2012

Source: hankjohnson.house.gov · researched September 22, 2026

Co-introduced legislation to abolish the federal statutory debt ceiling.

September 14, 2011

Source: hankjohnson.house.gov · researched September 22, 2026

Voted no on House passage of the Budget Control Act of 2011.

July 29, 2011

Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 22, 2026

Joined the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.

May 6, 2010

Source: hankjohnson.house.gov · researched September 22, 2026

Was selected to chair the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts and Competition Policy.

January 23, 2009

Source: hankjohnson.house.gov · researched September 22, 2026

Voted no on the Senate-amended Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008.

October 3, 2008

Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 22, 2026

Endorsed Barack Obama for president during the 2008 campaign.

July 30, 2007

Source: presidency.ucsb.edu · researched September 22, 2026

Voted for conditional rezoning of property at 1000 Ashwood Parkway on the DeKalb County commission; the board approved the application 7-0.

April 22, 2003

Source: jkheneghan.com · researched September 22, 2026

Voted for a DeKalb County pension ordinance amendment under the county home-rule process; the board approved the measure 5-0.

July 23, 2002

Source: mcclibraryfunctions-stage.azurewebsites.us · researched September 22, 2026

The House Ethics Committee closed its review of Johnson’s arrest at a voting-rights protest after he paid $50 collateral; it took no further action.

July 30, 2021

Source: govinfo.gov · researched September 22, 2026

The FEC upheld a $4,562 civil penalty against Johnson’s campaign committee for its 2010 pre-primary report; the penalty was paid in full.

October 7, 2010

Source: fec.gov · researched September 22, 2026

The FEC determined that Johnson’s campaign committee and its treasurer failed to file the 2008 post-general report on time and assessed a $2,700 civil penalty, which the committee paid.

June 1, 2009

Source: fec.gov · researched September 22, 2026