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Schumer applauded the Senate for working across the aisle to garner robust support.

\"The vote today on the Anti-Asian hate crimes bill is proof that when the senate is given the opportunity to work the Senate can work to solve important issues,\" Schumer said.

The bill now heads to the House, where House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer told ABC News he anticipates it will move expeditiously.

\"Addressing AAPI hate crimes remains a top priority for House Democrats,\" Hoyer said.

\"We will take action on this issue soon,\" he added.

President Joe Biden has already backed the legislation and urged Congress to act swiftly.

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Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer displays his "#StopAsianHate" mask at a news conference after the Senate passed the COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act on April 22, 2021.
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Alongside Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., Hirono introduced the legislation after the shooting of eight people, including six Asian women, at several spas in the Atlanta area last month. That shooting followed a general rise in anti-Asian sentiments across the United States.

Hirono, who is Japanese American, said she's been experiencing the rise in anti-Asian sentiments since the start of the pandemic.

\"It certainly gives me pause,\" Hirono said on ABC's \"The View\" on Monday. \"I used to walk around listening to audio tapes with my ear pods on. I don't do that anymore, I need to be very aware of my surroundings.\"

The non-profit reporting organization, Stop AAPI Hate, documented nearly 3,800 incidents over a year during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Republican Leader Mitch McConnell said earlier this month that he would support this bill with the appropriate amendments. He referenced the experiences of his wife, former Trump administration official Elaine Chao.

\"I can tell you as a proud husband of an Asian American woman -- I think this discrimination against Asian Americans is a real problem,\" McConnell said at a press conference last week. \"It preceded the murders that were recently on full display. I'm hoping we can work out an agreement to get on the bill in a normal way, have some amendments, and move forward to final passage.\"

Most Republicans supported the legislation after a series of behind-the-scenes bipartisan discussions yielded several changes.

One of those changes, which was a chief focus for Republicans, secures a tweak in language in the original bill that tied hate crimes to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, and other Republicans had expressed concern that proving this link would be too onerous for law enforcement officials.

An amendment offered by Collins and Hirono struck that language, allowing the bill to apply more broadly. Still, Hirono and other Democrats have been insistent that the rise in anti-Asian sentiments is tied to the COVID-19 pandemic.

They said the blame falls partially on former President Donald Trump, who referred to COVID-19 as the \"China Virus\" and \"Kung Flu.\"

The Senate-passed bill also contains ​an amendment from Sens. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., and Jerry Moran, R-Kan., to provide additional money for states and localities to establish hotlines for hate crime reporting. Their amendment also allows judges to assign hate-crime perpetrators rehabilitative work within the community that they targeted.

ABC News' Mariam Khan and Lauren King contributed to this report.

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