Amendment sought to codify Executive Order 14183, which implements a ban on transgender service members by requiring all personnel to serve in accordance with their biological sex, citing military readiness and discipline.

Jul 21, 2026

OUTCOME · FAILED

212/ 429NEEDED 215

Threshold: Simple Majority

HEADS UP

Amendment, not the bill.This vote modifies the underlying bill but does not pass or reject the bill itself. The bill still needs a separate passage vote.

WHAT THIS VOTE DID

AI-written

The House rejected an amendment. It failed by 212–217, and the vote did not decide whether to pass the bill.

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The House voted on whether to add an amendment to the bill. ChamberLight has not yet linked this roll call to the amendment it concerns, so its specific changes are not available here. The amendment failed, so it was not added to the bill by this vote. The bill still needs a separate passage vote.

PROCEDURE

CATEGORY: amendment
NEEDED: Simple Majority
COALITION: Party-line

WHAT HAPPENS NEXT

The bill still needs a separate passage vote. No linked amendment or bill status was provided for further steps.

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PARTY DYNAMICS

Democrats. 213 Democrats voted no; 2 did not vote.

Republicans. 211 Republicans voted yes and 4 voted no; 5 did not vote. Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania, James Moylan of Guam, Kimberlyn King-Hinds of the Northern Mariana Islands, and Michael Lawler of New York voted no, against their party’s majority position.

4 cross-party votes · 7 absences

MEMBERS · 436

AI-WRITTENThe summary and analysis of this vote were written by an AI model from the roll-call record.

Model: gpt-6-lunaMethod: Vote analysis, version 2.0Generated: Sep 25, 2026Confidence: Low

DATA QUALITY NOTES

— No linked amendment details were provided.

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VOTE FAILED· 119TH CONGRESS · 2ND SESSION · ROLL CALL #266

HouseAmendmentClose vote

Amendment sought to codify Executive Order 14183, which implements a ban on transgender service members by requiring all personnel to serve in accordance with their biological sex, citing military readiness and discipline.

On Agreeing to the Amendment

Jul 21, 2026

212–217

215 to pass

Margin

5 votes

Short by

3 of 215

HOW THIS VOTE WORKS

Party-line

The House voted on whether to agree to the amendment, not on whether to pass the bill. It needed 215 yes votes among the 429 members who voted yes or no; it received 212.

Threshold

215 of 429

Needs more yes than no votes — 215 of 429 cast this time. (435 total seats; members not voting don’t count toward the threshold.)

Outcome

Short by 3

The amendment failed and was not adopted. This vote did not pass or reject the bill.

WHAT HAPPENS NEXT

The bill still needs a separate passage vote. No linked amendment or bill status was provided for further steps.

PARTY DYNAMICS

The vote followed the parties’ majority positions: Republicans mostly voted yes, while Democrats voted no. Four Republicans voted against their party’s majority position.

Democrats

213 Democrats voted no; 2 did not vote.

Republicans

211 Republicans voted yes and 4 voted no; 5 did not vote. Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania, James Moylan of Guam, Kimberlyn King-Hinds of the Northern Mariana Islands, and Michael Lawler of New York voted no, against their party’s majority position.

Independents

One independent voted yes.

CROSSED PARTY LINES

R
Brian FitzpatrickPennsylvania-1
Voted NO against party majority— One of 4 Republicans who voted no while most Republicans voted yes.
R
James MoylanGuam-0
Voted NO against party majority— One of 4 Republicans who voted no while most Republicans voted yes.
R
Kimberlyn King-HindsNorthern Mariana Islands-0
Voted NO against party majority— One of 4 Republicans who voted no while most Republicans voted yes.
R
Michael LawlerNew York-17
Voted NO against party majority— One of 4 Republicans who voted no while most Republicans voted yes.

NOTABLE ABSENCES

DFrederica WilsonFlorida-24— One of 7 members not voting; the result was decided by 3 votes.
DStacey PlaskettU.S. Virgin Islands-0— One of 7 members not voting; the result was decided by 3 votes.
RAndrew ClydeGeorgia-9— One of 7 members not voting; the result was decided by 3 votes.
RAndy BiggsArizona-5— One of 7 members not voting; the result was decided by 3 votes.
RAumua RadewagenAmerican Samoa-0— One of 7 members not voting; the result was decided by 3 votes.
RPaul GosarArizona-9— One of 7 members not voting; the result was decided by 3 votes.

AI-WRITTENThe summary and analysis of this vote were written by an AI model from the roll-call record.

Model: gpt-6-lunaMethod: Vote analysis, version 2.0Generated: Sep 25, 2026Confidence: Low

DATA QUALITY NOTES

— No linked amendment details were provided.

Amendment sought to codify Executive Order 14183, which implements a ban on transgender service members by requiring all personnel to serve in accordance with their biological sex, citing military readiness and discipline.

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Amendment sought to codify Executive Order 14183, which implements a ban on transgender service members by requiring all personnel to serve in accordance with their biological sex, citing military readiness and discipline.

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Amendment sought to codify Executive Order 14183, which implements a ban on transgender service members by requiring all personnel to serve in accordance with their biological sex, citing military readiness and discipline.

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Amendment sought to codify Executive Order 14183, which implements a ban on transgender service members by requiring all personnel to serve in accordance with their biological sex, citing military readiness and discipline.

WHAT HAPPENED

HOW THIS VOTE WORKS

WHAT HAPPENS NEXT

PARTY DYNAMICS

PARTY BREAKDOWN

HOW MEMBERS VOTED

RELATED

What do you think?

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