HJRES 96 · 110th Congress 2007–2009, ended

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to permit the penalty of death for the rape of a child.

Introduced Jun 26, 2008 Originated House Sponsor Steve Chabot R-OH

Fact sheet

Latest action · Jun 26, 2008 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Progress

Where this resolution reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

IntroducedJun 26, 2008
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Constitutional Amendment - Declares that the death penalty for the forcible rape of a child under age 12 does not constitute cruel and unusual punishment.

Cosponsors 15

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 26, 2008 to Jul 23, 2008, with 3 there on the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-TX	Lamar Smith	Original	Jun 26, 2008
R-FL	Ric Keller	Original	Jun 26, 2008
R-FL	Tom Feeney	Original	Jun 26, 2008
R-OH	Jim Jordan		Jul 8, 2008
R-TX	Michael C. Burgess		Jul 8, 2008
R-PA	Phil English		Jul 8, 2008
R-OH	John A. Boehner		Jul 9, 2008
R-MO	Roy Blunt		Jul 9, 2008
R-SC	J. Gresham Barrett		Jul 17, 2008
R-NC	Patrick T. McHenry		Jul 17, 2008
R-UT	Rob Bishop		Jul 17, 2008
R-OH	Robert E. Latta		Jul 17, 2008
R-LA	Steve Scalise		Jul 17, 2008
R-MI	Thaddeus G. McCotter		Jul 17, 2008
R-NC	Howard Coble		Jul 23, 2008

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

Jun 26, 2008Introduced in House
Jun 26, 2008Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Related bills 3

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
HJRES 82	Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States allowing castration after conviction for the rape of a child under 16 years of age.	Related bill	Jun 3, 2008
HJRES 83	Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States providing that the Constitution does not preclude a penalty of death, including when it is imposed for the rape of a child under 16 years of age.	Related bill	Jun 3, 2008
SRES 626	A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the Supreme Court of the United States erroneously decided Kennedy v. Louisiana, No. 07-343 (2008), and that the eighth amendment to the Constitution of the United States allows the imposition of the de	Related bill	Jul 25, 2008

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement.

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Jun 26, 2008Introduced in House

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