Debbie Smith Act of 2023

Law · 118-72 · Jul 30, 2024

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R WagnerSponsor

85 cosponsors · 35 D, 50 R

D Wasserman Schultz BS

4 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.

House Introduced Feb 17, 2023
House Passed Nov 13, 2023 405–0
Senate Passed Jul 11, 2024
President To the President Jul 25, 2024
President Signed Jul 30, 2024
Law Jul 30, 2024

This act reauthorizes through FY2029 the Debbie Smith DNA Backlog Grant Program. The program provides grants to state and local governments to improve and expand the collection and analysis of DNA evidence, including evidence in sexual assault kits.

What it does: CRS summary · Public Law · Jul 30, 2024

Debbie Smith Act of 2023

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

Votes to become law

House · Passed Nov 13, 2023 · 405 Yea – 0 Nay Passage (two-thirds required) Speaker: Mike Johnson

About this bill and sources

Official title: Debbie Smith Act of 2023

Latest action (Jul 30, 2024): Became Public Law No: 118-72.

Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement · Origin: House · Introduced: Feb 17, 2023

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House Introduced Feb 17, 2023
House Passed Nov 13, 2023 405–0
Senate Passed Jul 11, 2024
President To the President Jul 25, 2024
President Signed Jul 30, 2024
Law Jul 30, 2024

Final vote · House · Nov 13, 2023

Passage (two-thirds required) — Passed. Vote details

Speaker of the House: Mike Johnson

Yea405

D Cherfilus-McCormick BM

D Wasserman Schultz MD

D (Nikki) Budzinski LU

D Gluesenkamp Perez DN

R Newhouse CM

R McMorris Rodgers DK

Table of every position

Member	Party at vote	Seat	Position
Mary Peltola	D	AK-AL	Yea
Jerry Carl	R	AL-1	Yea
Barry Moore	R	AL-2	Yea
Mike Rogers	R	AL-3	Yea
Robert Aderholt	R	AL-4	Yea
Dale Strong	R	AL-5	Yea
Gary Palmer	R	AL-6	Yea
Terri Sewell	D	AL-7	Yea
Rick Crawford	R	AR-1	Yea
J. Hill	R	AR-2	Yea
Steve Womack	R	AR-3	Yea
Bruce Westerman	R	AR-4	Yea
David Schweikert	R	AZ-1	Yea
Eli Crane	R	AZ-2	Yea
Ruben Gallego	D	AZ-3	Yea
Greg Stanton	D	AZ-4	Yea
Andy Biggs	R	AZ-5	Yea
Juan Ciscomani	R	AZ-6	Yea
Raúl Grijalva	D	AZ-7	Yea
Debbie Lesko	R	AZ-8	Yea
Paul Gosar	R	AZ-9	Yea
Doug LaMalfa	R	CA-1	Yea
Mark DeSaulnier	D	CA-10	Yea
Nancy Pelosi	D	CA-11	Not Voting
Barbara Lee	D	CA-12	Yea
John Duarte	R	CA-13	Yea
Eric Swalwell	D	CA-14	Not Voting
Kevin Mullin	D	CA-15	Not Voting
Anna Eshoo	D	CA-16	Yea
Ro Khanna	D	CA-17	Yea
Zoe Lofgren	D	CA-18	Not Voting
Jimmy Panetta	D	CA-19	Yea
Jared Huffman	D	CA-2	Yea
Kevin McCarthy	R	CA-20	Yea
Jim Costa	D	CA-21	Yea
David Valadao	R	CA-22	Yea
Jay Obernolte	R	CA-23	Yea
Salud Carbajal	D	CA-24	Yea
Raul Ruiz	D	CA-25	Yea
Julia Brownley	D	CA-26	Yea
Mike Garcia	R	CA-27	Yea
Judy Chu	D	CA-28	Not Voting
Tony Cárdenas	D	CA-29	Yea
Kevin Kiley	R	CA-3	Yea
Adam Schiff	D	CA-30	Yea
Grace Napolitano	D	CA-31	Yea
Brad Sherman	D	CA-32	Not Voting
Pete Aguilar	D	CA-33	Yea
Jimmy Gomez	D	CA-34	Yea
Norma Torres	D	CA-35	Yea
Ted Lieu	D	CA-36	Yea
Sydney Kamlager-Dove	D	CA-37	Yea
Linda Sánchez	D	CA-38	Yea
Mark Takano	D	CA-39	Yea
Mike Thompson	D	CA-4	Not Voting
Young Kim	R	CA-40	Yea
Ken Calvert	R	CA-41	Yea
Robert Garcia	D	CA-42	Yea
Maxine Waters	D	CA-43	Yea
Nanette Barragán	D	CA-44	Yea
Michelle Steel	R	CA-45	Yea
J. Correa	D	CA-46	Yea
Katie Porter	D	CA-47	Yea
Darrell Issa	R	CA-48	Yea
Mike Levin	D	CA-49	Yea
Tom McClintock	R	CA-5	Yea
Scott Peters	D	CA-50	Yea
Sara Jacobs	D	CA-51	Yea
Juan Vargas	D	CA-52	Yea
Ami Bera	D	CA-6	Yea
Doris Matsui	D	CA-7	Yea
John Garamendi	D	CA-8	Not Voting
Josh Harder	D	CA-9	Yea
Diana DeGette	D	CO-1	Yea
Joe Neguse	D	CO-2	Yea
Lauren Boebert	R	CO-3	Yea
Ken Buck	R	CO-4	Yea
Doug Lamborn	R	CO-5	Yea
Jason Crow	D	CO-6	Yea
Brittany Pettersen	D	CO-7	Yea
Yadira Caraveo	D	CO-8	Yea
John Larson	D	CT-1	Yea
Joe Courtney	D	CT-2	Yea
Rosa DeLauro	D	CT-3	Yea
Jim Himes	D	CT-4	Yea
Jahana Hayes	D	CT-5	Yea
Lisa Blunt Rochester	D	DE-AL	Yea
Matt Gaetz	R	FL-1	Yea
Maxwell Frost	D	FL-10	Yea
Daniel Webster	R	FL-11	Yea
Gus Bilirakis	R	FL-12	Yea
Anna Luna	R	FL-13	Yea
Kathy Castor	D	FL-14	Yea
Laurel Lee	R	FL-15	Yea
Vern Buchanan	R	FL-16	Not Voting
W. Steube	R	FL-17	Yea
C. Franklin	R	FL-18	Yea
Byron Donalds	R	FL-19	Yea
Neal Dunn	R	FL-2	Yea
Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick	D	FL-20	Yea
Brian Mast	R	FL-21	Yea
Lois Frankel	D	FL-22	Yea
Jared Moskowitz	D	FL-23	Yea
Frederica Wilson	D	FL-24	Yea
Debbie Wasserman Schultz	D	FL-25	Yea
Mario Diaz-Balart	R	FL-26	Yea
Maria Salazar	R	FL-27	Not Voting
Carlos Gimenez	R	FL-28	Yea
Kat Cammack	R	FL-3	Yea
Aaron Bean	R	FL-4	Yea
John Rutherford	R	FL-5	Yea
Michael Waltz	R	FL-6	Yea
Cory Mills	R	FL-7	Yea
Bill Posey	R	FL-8	Yea
Darren Soto	D	FL-9	Yea
Buddy Carter	R	GA-1	Yea
Mike Collins	R	GA-10	Yea
Barry Loudermilk	R	GA-11	Yea
Rick Allen	R	GA-12	Yea
David Scott	D	GA-13	Yea
Marjorie Greene	R	GA-14	Not Voting
Sanford Bishop	D	GA-2	Yea
A. Ferguson	R	GA-3	Yea
Hank Johnson	D	GA-4	Yea
Nikema Williams	D	GA-5	Yea
Rich McCormick	R	GA-6	Yea
Lucy McBath	D	GA-7	Yea
Austin Scott	R	GA-8	Yea
Andrew Clyde	R	GA-9	Yea
Ed Case	D	HI-1	Yea
Jill Tokuda	D	HI-2	Yea
Mariannette Miller-Meeks	R	IA-1	Yea
Ashley Hinson	R	IA-2	Yea
Zachary (Zach) Nunn	R	IA-3	Yea
Randy Feenstra	R	IA-4	Yea
Russ Fulcher	R	ID-1	Yea
Mike Simpson	R	ID-2	Yea
Jonathan Jackson	D	IL-1	Yea
Brad Schneider	D	IL-10	Yea
Bill Foster	D	IL-11	Yea
Mike Bost	R	IL-12	Yea
Nicole (Nikki) Budzinski	D	IL-13	Yea
Lauren Underwood	D	IL-14	Yea
Mary Miller	R	IL-15	Yea
Darin LaHood	R	IL-16	Yea
Eric Sorensen	D	IL-17	Yea
Robin Kelly	D	IL-2	Yea
Delia Ramirez	D	IL-3	Yea
Chuy García	D	IL-4	Yea
Mike Quigley	D	IL-5	Yea
Sean Casten	D	IL-6	Yea
Danny Davis	D	IL-7	Yea
Raja Krishnamoorthi	D	IL-8	Yea
Jan Schakowsky	D	IL-9	Yea
Frank Mrvan	D	IN-1	Yea
Rudy Yakym	R	IN-2	Yea
Jim Banks	R	IN-3	Not Voting
James Baird	R	IN-4	Yea
Victoria Spartz	R	IN-5	Yea
Greg Pence	R	IN-6	Not Voting
André Carson	D	IN-7	Yea
Larry Bucshon	R	IN-8	Not Voting
Erin Houchin	R	IN-9	Yea
Tracey Mann	R	KS-1	Yea
Jake LaTurner	R	KS-2	Yea
Sharice Davids	D	KS-3	Yea
Ron Estes	R	KS-4	Yea
James Comer	R	KY-1	Yea
Brett Guthrie	R	KY-2	Yea
Morgan McGarvey	D	KY-3	Yea
Thomas Massie	R	KY-4	Yea
Hal Rogers	R	KY-5	Yea
Andy Barr	R	KY-6	Yea
Steve Scalise	R	LA-1	Yea
Troy Carter	D	LA-2	Yea
Clay Higgins	R	LA-3	Yea
Julia Letlow	R	LA-5	Yea
Garret Graves	R	LA-6	Yea
Richard Neal	D	MA-1	Yea
Jim McGovern	D	MA-2	Yea
Lori Trahan	D	MA-3	Yea
Jake Auchincloss	D	MA-4	Yea
Katherine Clark	D	MA-5	Yea
Seth Moulton	D	MA-6	Yea
Ayanna Pressley	D	MA-7	Yea
Stephen Lynch	D	MA-8	Yea
William Keating	D	MA-9	Yea
Andy Harris	R	MD-1	Yea
C. Ruppersberger	D	MD-2	Yea
John Sarbanes	D	MD-3	Yea
Glenn Ivey	D	MD-4	Yea
Steny Hoyer	D	MD-5	Yea
David Trone	D	MD-6	Yea
Kweisi Mfume	D	MD-7	Yea
Jamie Raskin	D	MD-8	Yea
Chellie Pingree	D	ME-1	Yea
Jared Golden	D	ME-2	Yea
Jack Bergman	R	MI-1	Yea
John James	R	MI-10	Yea
Haley Stevens	D	MI-11	Yea
Rashida Tlaib	D	MI-12	Yea
Shri Thanedar	D	MI-13	Yea
John Moolenaar	R	MI-2	Yea
Hillary Scholten	D	MI-3	Yea
Bill Huizenga	R	MI-4	Yea
Tim Walberg	R	MI-5	Yea
Debbie Dingell	D	MI-6	Yea
Elissa Slotkin	D	MI-7	Yea
Daniel Kildee	D	MI-8	Yea
Lisa McClain	R	MI-9	Yea
Brad Finstad	R	MN-1	Yea
Angie Craig	D	MN-2	Yea
Dean Phillips	D	MN-3	Not Voting
Betty McCollum	D	MN-4	Yea
Ilhan Omar	D	MN-5	Yea
Tom Emmer	R	MN-6	Yea
Michelle Fischbach	R	MN-7	Yea
Pete Stauber	R	MN-8	Yea
Cori Bush	D	MO-1	Yea
Ann Wagner	R	MO-2	Yea
Blaine Luetkemeyer	R	MO-3	Yea
Mark Alford	R	MO-4	Yea
Emanuel Cleaver	D	MO-5	Not Voting
Sam Graves	R	MO-6	Yea
Eric Burlison	R	MO-7	Yea
Jason Smith	R	MO-8	Yea
Trent Kelly	R	MS-1	Yea
Bennie Thompson	D	MS-2	Yea
Michael Guest	R	MS-3	Yea
Mike Ezell	R	MS-4	Not Voting
Ryan Zinke	R	MT-1	Yea
Matthew Rosendale	R	MT-2	Yea
Donald Davis	D	NC-1	Yea
Patrick McHenry	R	NC-10	Yea
Charles (Chuck) Edwards	R	NC-11	Yea
Alma Adams	D	NC-12	Yea
Wiley Nickel	D	NC-13	Yea
Jeffrey Jackson	D	NC-14	Yea
Deborah Ross	D	NC-2	Yea
Gregory Murphy	R	NC-3	Yea
Valerie Foushee	D	NC-4	Yea
Virginia Foxx	R	NC-5	Yea
Kathy Manning	D	NC-6	Yea
David Rouzer	R	NC-7	Yea
Dan Bishop	R	NC-8	Yea
Richard Hudson	R	NC-9	Yea
Kelly Armstrong	R	ND-AL	Yea
Mike Flood	R	NE-1	Yea
Don Bacon	R	NE-2	Yea
Adrian Smith	R	NE-3	Yea
Chris Pappas	D	NH-1	Yea
Ann Kuster	D	NH-2	Yea
Donald Norcross	D	NJ-1	Yea
Donald Payne	D	NJ-10	Yea
Mikie Sherrill	D	NJ-11	Yea
Bonnie Watson Coleman	D	NJ-12	Yea
Jefferson Van Drew	R	NJ-2	Yea
Andy Kim	D	NJ-3	Yea
Chris Smith	R	NJ-4	Yea
Josh Gottheimer	D	NJ-5	Yea
Frank Pallone	D	NJ-6	Yea
Thomas Kean	R	NJ-7	Yea
Robert Menendez	D	NJ-8	Yea
Bill Pascrell	D	NJ-9	Yea
Melanie Stansbury	D	NM-1	Yea
Gabriel (Gabe) Vasquez	D	NM-2	Yea
Teresa Leger Fernandez	D	NM-3	Yea
Dina Titus	D	NV-1	Yea
Mark Amodei	R	NV-2	Yea
Susie Lee	D	NV-3	Yea
Steven Horsford	D	NV-4	Yea
Nicolas LaLota	R	NY-1	Yea
Dan Goldman	D	NY-10	Yea
Nicole Malliotakis	R	NY-11	Yea
Jerrold Nadler	D	NY-12	Yea
Adriano Espaillat	D	NY-13	Yea
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez	D	NY-14	Yea
Ritchie Torres	D	NY-15	Not Voting
Jamaal Bowman	D	NY-16	Yea
Michael Lawler	R	NY-17	Yea
Patrick Ryan	D	NY-18	Yea
Marcus Molinaro	R	NY-19	Yea
Andrew Garbarino	R	NY-2	Yea
Paul Tonko	D	NY-20	Yea
Elise Stefanik	R	NY-21	Yea
Brandon Williams	R	NY-22	Yea
Nicholas Langworthy	R	NY-23	Yea
Claudia Tenney	R	NY-24	Yea
Joseph Morelle	D	NY-25	Yea
Brian Higgins	D	NY-26	Yea
George Santos	R	NY-3	Yea
Anthony D'Esposito	R	NY-4	Yea
Gregory Meeks	D	NY-5	Yea
Grace Meng	D	NY-6	Yea
Nydia Velázquez	D	NY-7	Yea
Hakeem Jeffries	D	NY-8	Yea
Yvette Clarke	D	NY-9	Yea
Greg Landsman	D	OH-1	Not Voting
Michael Turner	R	OH-10	Yea
Shontel Brown	D	OH-11	Yea
Troy Balderson	R	OH-12	Yea
Emilia Sykes	D	OH-13	Yea
David Joyce	R	OH-14	Yea
Mike Carey	R	OH-15	Yea
Brad Wenstrup	R	OH-2	Yea
Joyce Beatty	D	OH-3	Yea
Jim Jordan	R	OH-4	Yea
Robert Latta	R	OH-5	Yea
Bill Johnson	R	OH-6	Yea
Max Miller	R	OH-7	Yea
Warren Davidson	R	OH-8	Yea
Marcy Kaptur	D	OH-9	Yea
Kevin Hern	R	OK-1	Yea
Josh Brecheen	R	OK-2	Yea
Frank Lucas	R	OK-3	Yea
Tom Cole	R	OK-4	Yea
Stephanie Bice	R	OK-5	Yea
Suzanne Bonamici	D	OR-1	Yea
Cliff Bentz	R	OR-2	Yea
Earl Blumenauer	D	OR-3	Yea
Valerie Hoyle	D	OR-4	Yea
Lori Chavez-DeRemer	R	OR-5	Yea
Andrea Salinas	D	OR-6	Yea
Brian Fitzpatrick	R	PA-1	Yea
Scott Perry	R	PA-10	Yea
Lloyd Smucker	R	PA-11	Yea
Summer Lee	D	PA-12	Yea
John Joyce	R	PA-13	Yea
Guy Reschenthaler	R	PA-14	Yea
Glenn Thompson	R	PA-15	Yea
Mike Kelly	R	PA-16	Yea
Chris Deluzio	D	PA-17	Yea
Brendan Boyle	D	PA-2	Yea
Dwight Evans	D	PA-3	Yea
Madeleine Dean	D	PA-4	Yea
Mary Scanlon	D	PA-5	Yea
Chrissy Houlahan	D	PA-6	Yea
Susan Wild	D	PA-7	Yea
Matt Cartwright	D	PA-8	Yea
Daniel Meuser	R	PA-9	Yea
Seth Magaziner	D	RI-2	Yea
Nancy Mace	R	SC-1	Not Voting
Joe Wilson	R	SC-2	Yea
Jeff Duncan	R	SC-3	Yea
William Timmons	R	SC-4	Yea
Ralph Norman	R	SC-5	Yea
Jim Clyburn	D	SC-6	Yea
Russell Fry	R	SC-7	Yea
Dusty Johnson	R	SD-AL	Yea
Diana Harshbarger	R	TN-1	Yea
Tim Burchett	R	TN-2	Yea
Chuck Fleischmann	R	TN-3	Yea
Scott DesJarlais	R	TN-4	Yea
Andrew Ogles	R	TN-5	Yea
John Rose	R	TN-6	Yea
Mark Green	R	TN-7	Yea
David Kustoff	R	TN-8	Yea
Steve Cohen	D	TN-9	Yea
Nathaniel Moran	R	TX-1	Yea
Michael McCaul	R	TX-10	Yea
August Pfluger	R	TX-11	Yea
Kay Granger	R	TX-12	Yea
Ronny Jackson	R	TX-13	Yea
Randy Weber	R	TX-14	Yea
Mónica De La Cruz	R	TX-15	Yea
Veronica Escobar	D	TX-16	Yea
Pete Sessions	R	TX-17	Yea
Sheila Jackson Lee	D	TX-18	Not Voting
Jodey Arrington	R	TX-19	Yea
Dan Crenshaw	R	TX-2	Not Voting
Joaquin Castro	D	TX-20	Yea
Chip Roy	R	TX-21	Yea
Troy Nehls	R	TX-22	Yea
Tony Gonzales	R	TX-23	Yea
Beth Van Duyne	R	TX-24	Yea
Roger Williams	R	TX-25	Not Voting
Michael Burgess	R	TX-26	Yea
Michael Cloud	R	TX-27	Yea
Henry Cuellar	D	TX-28	Yea
Sylvia Garcia	D	TX-29	Yea
Keith Self	R	TX-3	Yea
Jasmine Crockett	D	TX-30	Yea
John Carter	R	TX-31	Yea
Colin Allred	D	TX-32	Yea
Marc Veasey	D	TX-33	Yea
Vicente Gonzalez	D	TX-34	Yea
Gregorio Casar	D	TX-35	Yea
Brian Babin	R	TX-36	Yea
Lloyd Doggett	D	TX-37	Yea
Wesley Hunt	R	TX-38	Yea
Pat Fallon	R	TX-4	Not Voting
Lance Gooden	R	TX-5	Yea
Jake Ellzey	R	TX-6	Yea
Lizzie Fletcher	D	TX-7	Yea
Morgan Luttrell	R	TX-8	Yea
Al Green	D	TX-9	Yea
Blake Moore	R	UT-1	Yea
John Curtis	R	UT-3	Yea
Burgess Owens	R	UT-4	Yea
Robert Wittman	R	VA-1	Not Voting
Jennifer Wexton	D	VA-10	Yea
Gerald Connolly	D	VA-11	Yea
Jennifer Kiggans	R	VA-2	Yea
Bobby Scott	D	VA-3	Yea
Jennifer McClellan	D	VA-4	Yea
Bob Good	R	VA-5	Yea
Ben Cline	R	VA-6	Yea
Abigail Spanberger	D	VA-7	Not Voting
Donald Beyer	D	VA-8	Yea
H. Griffith	R	VA-9	Yea
Becca Balint	D	VT-AL	Yea
Suzan DelBene	D	WA-1	Yea
Marilyn Strickland	D	WA-10	Yea
Rick Larsen	D	WA-2	Yea
Marie Gluesenkamp Perez	D	WA-3	Yea
Dan Newhouse	R	WA-4	Yea
Cathy McMorris Rodgers	R	WA-5	Yea
Derek Kilmer	D	WA-6	Yea
Pramila Jayapal	D	WA-7	Yea
Kim Schrier	D	WA-8	Yea
Adam Smith	D	WA-9	Yea
Bryan Steil	R	WI-1	Yea
Mark Pocan	D	WI-2	Yea
Derrick Van Orden	R	WI-3	Yea
Gwen Moore	D	WI-4	Yea
Scott Fitzgerald	R	WI-5	Yea
Glenn Grothman	R	WI-6	Yea
Thomas Tiffany	R	WI-7	Yea
Mike Gallagher	R	WI-8	Yea
Carol Miller	R	WV-1	Yea
Alexander Mooney	R	WV-2	Not Voting
Harriet Hageman	R	WY-AL	Yea