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Brian Higgins

Brian Higgins

D NY-26 · House

2023–2024 House Of Representatives (District 26)
2021–2023 House Of Representatives (District 26)
2019–2021 House Of Representatives (District 26)
2017–2019 House Of Representatives (District 26)
2015–2017 House Of Representatives (District 26)
2013–2015 House Of Representatives (District 26)
2011–2013 House Of Representatives (District 27)
2009–2011 House Of Representatives (District 27)
2007–2009 House Of Representatives (District 27)
2005–2007 House Of Representatives (District 27)

Policy Effects

Estimated effects on people, organizations, and industries in bills this legislator sponsored, cosponsored, or voted on. Includes bills they voted against.

These are assessments of legislative text, not measurements of realized outcomes or the legislator’s intent.

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Potential benefits are effects assessed as favorable to the named group. Potential burdens impose costs, restrictions, risks, or lost opportunities on that group.

Mixed effects contain countervailing effects on the same group. Unclear effects have an undetermined direction. A group can have separate benefits and burdens; these are counted separately.

Counts describe the number of identified effects, not their size or public value. Bill and clause counts are distinct within each view. Shared evidence may appear under several groups or policy areas, so their counts should not be added together.

Historical bill versions are included. Clauses analyzed in different versions count separately. A bill’s current status does not establish that every analyzed provision was enacted.

Only direct effects with high or medium confidence in the policy-area assignment are included. Bills are connected through sponsorship, cosponsorship, or Yea/Nay votes; a vote against a bill does not reverse its assessed effects. Vote dates filter recorded votes and vote-linked bills; sponsorship remains included.

Sponsored & Cosponsored Bills

hr782-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To prohibit the interference, under color of State law, with the provision of interstate abortion services, and for other purposes.

1 clause Feb 2, 2023

hr765-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To authorize the Director of the National Museum of African American History and Culture to support African American history education programs, and for other purposes.

3 clauses Feb 2, 2023
Law Enforcement

hr715-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To require a background check for every firearm sale.

1 clause Feb 1, 2023

hr698-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To regulate assault weapons, to ensure that the right to keep and bear arms is not unlimited, and for other purposes.

5 clauses Feb 1, 2023
Law Enforcement

hr670-118

Cosponsor Reported

To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a website to promote awareness of available resources for individuals with disabilities, and for other purposes.

12 clauses Jan 31, 2023
Government Caregiving Services

hr625-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To regulate large capacity ammunition feeding devices.

2 clauses Jan 30, 2023
Law Enforcement

hr604-118

Primary Sponsor Introduced

To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to make available video conferencing for applicants for NEXUS.

0 clauses Jan 27, 2023

hr561-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To ensure affordable abortion coverage and care for every person, and for other purposes.

2 clauses Jan 26, 2023

hres59-118

Cosponsor In Committee

Recognizing January 2023 as National Mentoring Month.

1 clause Jan 25, 2023

hres27-118

Cosponsor In Committee

Condemning attacks on health care facilities, health care personnel, and patients.

1 clause Jan 11, 2023

hres28-118

Cosponsor In Committee

Condemning the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey and committing to advancing reproductive justice and judicial reform.

1 clause Jan 11, 2023
Law Enforcement

hr51-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To provide for the admission of the State of Washington, D.C. into the Union.

26 clauses Jan 9, 2023
Law Enforcement

hr33-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage of dental, vision, and hearing care under the Medicare program.

3 clauses Jan 9, 2023

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