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Rep. Henry C. “Hank” Johnson

Representative for Georgia’s 4th District

pronounced HEN-ree // JON-sun


Johnson is the representative for Georgia’s 4th congressional district (view map) and is a Democrat. He has served since Jan 4, 2007. Johnson is next up for reelection in 2024 and serves until Jan 3, 2025. He is 68 years old.

Misconduct

In July 2021, Rep. Johnson was arrested at a protest. The House Committee on Ethics reported that he paid a fine and closed the investigation.

Jul. 30, 2021 House Committee on Ethics reported the arrest and that he paid the fine, and closed the investigation
Photo of Rep. Henry C. “Hank” Johnson [D-GA4]

Analysis

Legislative Metrics

Read our 2022 Report Card for Johnson.

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Johnson is shown as a purple triangle in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot is a member of the House of Representatives positioned according to our ideology score (left to right) and our leadership score (leaders are toward the top).

The chart is based on the bills Johnson has sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 3, 2019 to Mar 23, 2023. See full analysis methodology.

Committee Membership

Henry C. “Hank” Johnson sits on the following committees:

Enacted Legislation

Johnson was the primary sponsor of 9 bills that were enacted. The most recent include:

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Does 9 not sound like a lot? Very few bills are ever enacted — most legislators sponsor only a handful that are signed into law. But there are other legislative activities that we don’t track that are also important, including offering amendments, committee work and oversight of the other branches, and constituent services.

We consider a bill enacted if one of the following is true: a) it is enacted itself, b) it has a companion bill in the other chamber (as identified by Congress) which was enacted, or c) if at least about half of its provisions were incorporated into bills that were enacted (as determined by an automated text analysis, applicable beginning with bills in the 110th Congress).

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

Johnson sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:

Law (38%) Commerce (15%) Transportation and Public Works (12%) Health (10%) International Affairs (7%) Armed Forces and National Security (7%) Crime and Law Enforcement (7%) Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues (5%)

Recently Introduced Bills

Johnson recently introduced the following legislation:

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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.

Voting Record

Key Votes

Johnson voted Yea

Johnson voted Yea

Passed 229/177 on May 19, 2017.

H.R. 1039 amends the federal criminal code to authorize a probation officer to arrest a person, without warrant, if there is probable cause to believe …

Johnson voted Nay

Passed 378/48 on Apr 26, 2017.

This bill would change the appointment process for the head of the U.S. Copyright Office, known as the Register of Copyrights. Currently the Register of …

Johnson voted Nay

Johnson voted Yea

Passed 338/88 on May 13, 2015.

The USA Freedom Act (H.R. 2048, Pub.L. 114–23) is a U.S. law enacted on June 2, 2015 that restored in modified form several provisions of …

Johnson voted Aye

Johnson voted No

Johnson voted Aye

Passed 304/117 on Jun 23, 2011.

The Leahy–Smith America Invents Act (AIA) is a United States federal statute that was passed by Congress and was signed into law by President Barack …

Johnson voted Nay

Missed Votes

From Jan 2007 to Mar 2023, Johnson missed 422 of 10,990 roll call votes, which is 3.8%. This is much worse than the median of 1.5% among the lifetime records of representatives currently serving. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

We don’t track why legislators miss votes, but it’s often due to medical absenses, major life events, and running for higher office.

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Primary Sources

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