The House on Thursday passed the Respect for Marriage Act, sending the historic civil rights bill to President Joe Biden to be signed into law.

The bill, which passed 258 to 169, codifies protections for same-sex and interracial marriages. Every Democrat voted for it, along with 39 Republicans . One GOP member, Rep. Burgess Owens of Utah, voted present.

The measure passed the Senate late last month, 61-36.

The bill actually lost GOP support compared to a previous version that passed the House over the summer. Thursdays bill had stronger protections in it for religious freedom, changes made by the Senate in an effort to win over more conservatives. But for some reason likely because people simply caved to strong pressure from conservative groups to oppose the bill altogether the number of House Republicans who voted for Thursdays bill dropped from 47 to 39, compared to the vote on the first version.

Curiously, a number of GOP members changed their votes this time around.

Republicans who previously voted to support the Respect for Marriage Act but opposed Thursdays bill were Reps. Cliff Bentz (Ore.), Mario Diaz-Balart (Fla.), Brian Mast (Fla.), Dan Meuser (Pa.), Scott Perry (Pa.), Maria Elvira Salazar (Fla.) and Jeff Van Drew (N.J.).

On the flip side, two Republicans who previously opposed the Respect for Marriage Act supported Thursdays bill: Reps. Mike Gallagher (Wis.) and Jaime Herrera Beutler (Wash.)

Owens, the lone present vote, previously voted yes.

And Reps. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) and Lee Zeldin (R-N.Y.), who previously voted yes, did not vote Thursday.

The bill does two things: It repeals the Defense of Marriage Act, the 1996 federal law that banned same-sex marriage, and it requires states to recognize valid same-sex marriages from other states. It also ensures the same protections for interracial marriages.