HR 5142 · 115th Congress 2017–2019, ended

Readable Legislation Act of 2018

Introduced Mar 1, 2018 Originated House Sponsor Justin Amash R-MI

Fact sheet

Latest action · Mar 1, 2018 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Progress

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

  1. IntroducedMar 1, 2018
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Readable Legislation Act of 2018

This bill requires every bill or joint resolution that amends an existing section of any Act to do so by setting forth the entire section and showing the omissions and insertions proposed by appropriate typographical devices. A measure may not revise or amend any section of an Act by a mere reference to it.

Cosponsors 20

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 1, 2018 to Sep 28, 2018, with 16 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-GABarry LoudermilkOriginalMar 1, 2018
R-VADave BratOriginalMar 1, 2018
R-WVDavid B. McKinleyOriginalMar 1, 2018
D-DCEleanor Holmes NortonOriginalMar 1, 2018
D-CAJared HuffmanOriginalMar 1, 2018
D-COJared PolisOriginalMar 1, 2018
R-NDKevin CramerOriginalMar 1, 2018
R-INLuke MesserOriginalMar 1, 2018
R-NCMark MeadowsOriginalMar 1, 2018
D-NYPaul TonkoOriginalMar 1, 2018
R-SCRalph NormanOriginalMar 1, 2018
D-CARo KhannaOriginalMar 1, 2018
D-MASeth MoultonOriginalMar 1, 2018
R-KYThomas MassieOriginalMar 1, 2018
R-CATom McClintockOriginalMar 1, 2018
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Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Mar 1, 2018Introduced in House
  2. Mar 1, 2018Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Subjects

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  1. Mar 1, 2018Introduced in House

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