# 116-hr-6721: COVID–19 Hate Crimes Act

116-hr-6721, COVID–19 Hate Crimes Act, is a 116th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Meng, Grace [D-NY-6] (D-NY); status Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 116-hr-6721
- Congress: 116
- Title: COVID–19 Hate Crimes Act
- Status: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
- Introduced: 2020-05-05
- Sponsor: Rep. Meng, Grace [D-NY-6] (D-NY)
- Cosponsors: 34
- Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act This bill requires a designated officer or employee of the Department of Justice to facilitate the expedited review of COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) hate crimes and reports of COVID-19 hate crimes. It defines COVID-19 hate crime as a violent crime that is motivated by two things: (1) the actual or perceived characteristic (e.g., race) of any person, and (2) the actual or perceived relationship to the spread of COVID-19 of any person because of that characteristic. The designated officer or employee must periodically report on the status of each case reviewed.

## Cosponsors (34)

- Rep. Takano, Mark [D-CA-39] (D-CA), 2020-05-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Trone, David J. [D-MD-6] (D-MD), 2020-05-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lieu, Ted [D-CA-36] (D-CA), 2020-05-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lowenthal, Alan S. [D-CA-47] (D-CA), 2020-05-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Watson Coleman, Bonnie [D-NJ-12] (D-NJ), 2020-05-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kennedy, Joseph P., III [D-MA-4] (D-MA), 2020-05-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [D-NJ-9] (D-NJ), 2020-05-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-12] (D-CA), 2020-05-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Hayes, Jahana [D-CT-5] (D-CT), 2020-05-05T00:00:00.000Z
- ELIOT ENGEL (D-NY), 2020-05-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Velázquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-7] (D-NY), 2020-05-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Espaillat, Adriano [D-NY-13] (D-NY), 2020-05-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3] (D-OR), 2020-05-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Ocasio-Cortez, Alexandria [D-NY-14] (D-NY), 2020-05-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-8] (D-MA), 2020-05-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Napolitano, Grace F. [D-CA-31] (D-CA), 2020-05-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Eshoo, Anna G. [D-CA-16] (D-CA), 2020-05-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kilmer, Derek [D-WA-6] (D-WA), 2020-05-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Suozzi, Thomas R. [D-NY-3] (D-NY), 2020-05-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18] (D-TX), 2020-05-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cisneros, Gilbert Ray [D-CA-31] (D-CA), 2020-05-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Green, Al [D-TX-9] (D-TX), 2020-05-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cleaver, Emanuel [D-MO-5] (D-MO), 2020-05-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Payne, Donald M., Jr. [D-NJ-10] (D-NJ), 2020-05-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Jayapal, Pramila [D-WA-7] (D-WA), 2020-05-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-28] (D-CA), 2020-05-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Costa, Jim [D-CA-21] (D-CA), 2020-05-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Del. San Nicolas, Michael F. Q. [D-GU-At Large] (D-GU), 2020-05-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Smith, Adam [D-WA-9] (D-WA), 2020-05-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Boyle, Brendan F. [D-PA-2] (D-PA), 2020-06-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] (D-DC), 2020-06-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Rose, Max [D-NY-11] (D-NY), 2020-06-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Rice, Kathleen M. [D-NY-4] (D-NY), 2020-07-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Gomez, Jimmy [D-CA-34] (D-CA), 2020-11-18T00:00:00.000Z

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## Sources
- [116-hr-6721 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/6721)

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- [116-hr-2382: USPS Fairness Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-2382)
- [116-hr-1980: Smithsonian Women’s History Museum Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-1980)
- [116-hr-865: Rebuild America’s Schools Act of 2019](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-865)
- [116-hr-51: Washington, D.C. Admission Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-51)
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