HR 5637 · 115th Congress 2017–2019, ended

Protecting the Dignity of Unborn Children Act of 2018

Introduced Apr 26, 2018 Originated House Sponsor Robert E. Latta R-OH

Fact sheet

Latest action · May 22, 2018 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.

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.

IntroducedApr 26, 2018
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Protecting the Dignity of Unborn Children Act of 2018

This bill amends the federal criminal code to make it a crime to recklessly dispose of or abandon fetal remains in a landfill or in any navigable waters of the United States.

The term "fetal remains" means any part (except a cremated part) of a deceased human fetus following an abortion.

A violator is subject to a fine, up to three years in prison, or both.

Cosponsors 31

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 26, 2018 to Jul 17, 2018, with 28 there on the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-WV	Alexander X. Mooney	Original	Apr 26, 2018
R-TX	Bill Flores	Original	Apr 26, 2018
R-OH	Bill Johnson	Original	Apr 26, 2018
R-OH	Bob Gibbs	Original	Apr 26, 2018
R-OH	Brad R. Wenstrup	Original	Apr 26, 2018
R-AR	Bruce Westerman	Original	Apr 26, 2018
R-FL	Daniel Webster	Original	Apr 26, 2018
R-TN	David P. Roe	Original	Apr 26, 2018
R-CA	Duncan Hunter	Original	Apr 26, 2018
R-GA	Earl L. "Buddy" Carter	Original	Apr 26, 2018
R-MS	Gregg Harper	Original	Apr 26, 2018
R-OH	James B. Renacci	Original	Apr 26, 2018
R-SC	Jeff Duncan	Original	Apr 26, 2018
R-IN	Jim Banks	Original	Apr 26, 2018
R-OH	Jim Jordan	Original	Apr 26, 2018

Show all 31 cosponsors

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

May 22, 2018Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Apr 26, 2018Introduced in House
Apr 26, 2018Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Related bills 1

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

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
HR 718	Protecting the Dignity of Unborn Children Act of 2017	Related bill	Feb 14, 2017

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Apr 26, 2018Introduced in House

Support LegiList

This page is free, carries no paywall, and is built and maintained by one person. If the record here is useful to you, a few dollars keeps it going.

$1 $5 $10

Processed by Stripe in a separate window. LegiList never sees card details.

Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov.