# Hank Johnson (GA-04) — Legislator Fact Sheet · The GA Files > How Hank Johnson voted on the most consequential federal legislation, with campaign-finance data from FEC filings. *Source: https://thegafiles.com/HankJohnson.html · The GA Files (thegafiles.com)* --- Legislator Fact Sheet · Georgia's 4th Congressional District # Hank Johnson Party Democrat In Office 2007 – present Seat GA-04 Key Votes Recorded 12 of 12 HRC Equality Score100 / 100 Hank Johnson has represented Georgia's 4th District — DeKalb County and parts of Gwinnett — since 2007, and is a senior Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee. 12 / 12Hank has a recorded position on all twelve scorecard votes below. **HRC Equality Score: 100/100 (118th Congress).** An external rating from the [Human Rights Campaign](https://www.hrc.org/resources/congressional-scorecard), an LGBTQ+ advocacy organization, scoring members 0–100 on support for LGBTQ+ equality based on key votes and bill cosponsorships in the 118th Congress (2023–24). Included for reference; it reflects HRC's positions, not this site's. **Methodology.** Every vote below is the member's actual recorded position, pulled directly from the official House Clerk roll-call XML and cross-checked against the published vote totals. Summaries are factual; framing is left to the reader. 01 ## One Big Beautiful Bill Act H.R. 1 · 119th Congress NO Date House passage July 3, 2025 (218–214) Status Became law — Public Law 119-21, signed July 4, 2025 Hank Johnson's Vote Voted **NO** — with nearly all Democrats. ### Impact on Everyday Americans The largest safety-net rollback in recent memory — over $1 trillion cut from health programs and at least $120 billion from SNAP, with new Medicaid work requirements and higher ACA premiums. Supporters cast it as tax relief and spending restraint; opponents warned it would strain rural hospitals and nursing homes and raise costs for lower-income families. #### Sources - [Congress.gov — bill text, summary & status](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1) - [Official House roll-call record](https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2025190) 02 ## Laken Riley Act S. 5 / H.R. 29 · 119th Congress NO Date House passage January 22, 2025 (263–156) Status Became law, signed January 29, 2025 Hank Johnson's Vote Voted **NO** — with 156 of 202 Democrats. ### Impact on Everyday Americans Requires DHS to detain undocumented people merely charged with or arrested for theft-related offenses — without a conviction — and lets states sue the federal government over immigration enforcement. Named for a Georgia nursing student killed in 2024, it drew bipartisan support, but immigrant-rights groups criticized the detention-without-conviction standard and due-process concerns. #### Sources - [Congress.gov — bill text, summary & status](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/5) - [Official House roll-call record](https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/202523) 03 ## Inflation Reduction Act H.R. 5376 · 117th Congress YES Date House passage August 12, 2022 (220–207) Status Became law, signed August 16, 2022 Hank Johnson's Vote Voted **YES** — with nearly all Democrats. ### Impact on Everyday Americans Let Medicare negotiate prescription-drug prices, capped insulin at $35/month for Medicare enrollees, extended ACA premium subsidies, and funded clean-energy investment — direct savings for lower- and middle-income households and seniors, paid for partly with a corporate minimum tax. It passed on party lines. #### Sources - [Congress.gov — bill text, summary & status](https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/5376) - [Official House roll-call record](https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2022420) 04 ## Infrastructure Investment & Jobs Act H.R. 3684 · 117th Congress YES Date House passage November 5, 2021 (228–206) Status Became law, signed November 15, 2021 Hank Johnson's Vote Voted **YES** — with nearly all Democrats. ### Impact on Everyday Americans Funds roads, bridges, broadband, and water-system replacement, with Georgia set to receive billions for roads, ports, airports, water systems, and broadband access. One of the few major bipartisan infrastructure laws of the era. #### Sources - [Congress.gov — bill text, summary & status](https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/3684) - [Official House roll-call record](https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2021369) 05 ## American Rescue Plan Act H.R. 1319 · 117th Congress YES Date House passage March 10, 2021 (220–211) Status Became law, signed March 11, 2021 Hank Johnson's Vote Voted **YES** — with nearly all Democrats. ### Impact on Everyday Americans A $1.9 trillion COVID-relief package: $1,400 stimulus checks, expanded unemployment benefits, and a one-year Child Tax Credit expansion credited with helping cut child poverty nearly in half in 2021. Supporters credited it with speeding the recovery; critics argued it fueled inflation. It passed on party lines. #### Sources - [Congress.gov — bill text, summary & status](https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1319) - [Official House roll-call record](https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/202172) 06 ## Bipartisan Safer Communities Act S. 2938 · 117th Congress YES Date House passage June 24, 2022 (234–193) Status Became law, signed June 25, 2022 Hank Johnson's Vote Voted **YES** — with nearly all Democrats. ### Impact on Everyday Americans The first major federal gun-safety law in nearly 30 years: enhanced background checks for buyers under 21, funding for state red-flag laws, closure of the “boyfriend loophole,” and new mental-health and school-safety money. Passed weeks after the Uvalde school shooting with bipartisan support. #### Sources - [Congress.gov — bill text, summary & status](https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/2938) - [Official House roll-call record](https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2022299) 07 ## Respect for Marriage Act H.R. 8404 · 117th Congress YES Date House passage December 8, 2022 (258–169) Status Became law, signed December 13, 2022 Hank Johnson's Vote Voted **YES** — with nearly all Democrats. ### Impact on Everyday Americans Codified federal recognition of same-sex and interracial marriages, requiring states to honor marriages performed where they were legal. A response to concerns that the Supreme Court might revisit marriage rights; it passed with bipartisan support. #### Sources - [Congress.gov — bill text, summary & status](https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/8404) - [Official House roll-call record](https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2022513) 08 ## CHIPS & Science Act H.R. 4346 · 117th Congress YES Date House passage July 28, 2022 (243–187) Status Became law, signed August 9, 2022 Hank Johnson's Vote Voted **YES** — with nearly all Democrats. ### Impact on Everyday Americans Subsidized domestic semiconductor manufacturing and research to cut reliance on foreign chips and ease the supply-chain shocks that drove up prices on cars and electronics — including roughly $75 million directed to strengthen chip production in Georgia. Passed with bipartisan support. #### Sources - [Congress.gov — bill text, summary & status](https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/4346) - [Official House roll-call record](https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2022404) 09 ## Honoring our PACT Act S. 3373 · 117th Congress YES Date House passage July 13, 2022 (342–88) Status Became law, signed August 10, 2022 Hank Johnson's Vote Voted **YES** — with nearly all Democrats. ### Impact on Everyday Americans Expanded VA health care and benefits for millions of veterans exposed to toxic burn pits and other hazards during their service — one of the largest expansions of veterans’ benefits in decades. Passed with broad bipartisan majorities. #### Sources - [Congress.gov — bill text, summary & status](https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/3373) - [Official House roll-call record](https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2022309) 10 ## Tax Cuts and Jobs Act H.R. 1 · 115th Congress NO Date House passage December 20, 2017 (224–201) Status Became law, signed December 22, 2017 Hank Johnson's Vote Voted **NO** — with nearly all Democrats. ### Impact on Everyday Americans Cut the corporate tax rate permanently and individual rates temporarily, doubled the standard deduction, and capped the state-and-local-tax (SALT) deduction. The largest tax overhaul in a generation; supporters cited growth and simpler filing, while critics noted the largest benefits flowed to corporations and higher earners and that it added to the deficit. It passed on party lines. #### Sources - [Congress.gov — bill text, summary & status](https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/1) - [Official House roll-call record](https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2017699) 11 ## American Health Care Act H.R. 1628 · 115th Congress NO Date House passage May 4, 2017 (217–213) Status Passed House; failed in the Senate — did not become law Hank Johnson's Vote Voted **NO** — with nearly all Democrats. ### Impact on Everyday Americans The principal effort to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act — rolling back the Medicaid expansion, restructuring subsidies, and weakening protections tied to pre-existing conditions. The Congressional Budget Office estimated tens of millions would lose coverage. It passed the House but failed in the Senate. #### Sources - [Congress.gov — bill text, summary & status](https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/1628) - [Official House roll-call record](https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2017256) 12 ## For the People Act H.R. 1 · 117th Congress YES Date House passage March 3, 2021 (220–210) Status Passed House; stalled in the Senate — did not become law Hank Johnson's Vote Voted **YES** — with nearly all Democrats. ### Impact on Everyday Americans A sweeping elections-and-ethics overhaul — automatic and same-day voter registration, expanded mail and early voting, nonpartisan redistricting, new campaign-finance disclosure, and tighter conflict-of-interest rules. Supporters called it the most significant voting-rights expansion in decades; opponents called it federal overreach into state-run elections. It passed the House but stalled in the Senate. #### Sources - [Congress.gov — bill text, summary & status](https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1) - [Official House roll-call record](https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/202162) Constituent Access ## Town Halls Open public forums with constituents · review period 2007–2026 **Johnson holds open, in-person town halls** — and, per Georgia Public Broadcasting, was “one of a handful of members of Congress from Georgia who have held in-person town halls for their constituents since the beginning of Trump's second term.” ## Documented Record - **May 28, 2025 — Gwinnett County.** Constituents pressed Johnson on why congressional Democrats were not doing more to block the Trump agenda and raised questions about generational leadership and candidate age. Johnson told them, “Peaceful means seem to be limited, but they do work.” - **Spring 2025 — DeKalb County.** Dozens of voters packed an in-person town hall in DeKalb — the heart of the district — voicing frustration over budget cuts to social programs, mass federal firings, and looming tariffs. - **Constituent services.** Johnson's office reports having returned more than $70 million to the district through casework for constituents. Verified against Georgia Public Broadcasting, 95.5 WSB, and Rep. Johnson's official House site (2025). This is not an exhaustive list of every event; it documents that open public town halls occurred within the review period. ## Sources - [Georgia Public Broadcasting — constituents press Johnson at town hall (May 29, 2025)](https://www.gpb.org/news/2025/05/29/constituents-push-for-more-action-democrats-at-us-rep-hank-johnsons-town-hall) - [95.5 WSB — frustrated voters press Johnson at DeKalb town hall](https://www.wsbradio.com/news/local/frustrated-voters-press-rep-hank-johnson-action-against-trump-policies-town-hall/74E27PLOA5HYVFDC4WCSNFQQO4/) - [Rep. Hank Johnson — $70M in constituent services (official)](https://hankjohnson.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/rep-johnson-surpasses-70-million-mark-constituent-services) Campaign Finance ## Campaign Finance 2025–26 cycle · Federal Election Commission Raised$338K Spent$356K Cash on Hand$94K Johnson's PAC money leans **labor** — pilots, rail, auto workers, public employees — plus trial lawyers and Georgia corporate mainstays Delta and Home Depot. Pinned — AIPAC Money $0 this cycle [AIPAC's FEC disbursement filings](https://www.fec.gov/data/disbursements/?committee_id=C00797670&recipient_name=C00418293) report no contributions or earmarked donor money to this campaign in the 2025–26 cycle. ## Top PAC & Committee Contributors | # | Contributor | Amount | | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | American Assn for Justice PAC | $10,000 | | 2 | Allied Pilots Assn PAC | $10,000 | | 3 | Dell Technologies PAC | $9,000 | | 4 | Delta Air Lines PAC | $8,000 | | 5 | Home Depot PAC | $7,500 | | 6 | AFSCME PEOPLE | $7,500 | | 7 | Northrop Grumman Employees PAC | $7,500 | | 8 | National Air Traffic Controllers PAC | $6,500 | | 9 | Academy of Rail Labor Attorneys PAC | $5,000 | | 10 | UAW V-CAP | $5,000 | Source: Federal Election Commission, 2025–26 cycle. Direct PAC contributions and committee transfers only — individual donors, earmarked conduit pass-throughs, refunds, and loans are excluded. Figures auto-pulled from FEC filings. ## Sources - [FEC — candidate profile & filings](https://www.fec.gov/data/candidate/H6GA04129/) ## Verification Resources - [House Clerk roll-call votes](https://clerk.house.gov/Votes) - [Hank Johnson — Congressional Biographical Directory](https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/J000288) - [FEC — campaign finance filings](https://www.fec.gov/data/candidate/H6GA04129/) Vote positions are taken from official roll-call records, not secondhand summaries. Campaign-finance figures are drawn directly from the candidate's FEC filings for the 2025–26 cycle. [← All Legislators](https://thegafiles.com/legislators.html)