Combat Sexual Harassment in Housing Act
Latest action · Jul 20, 2017 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
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.
- IntroducedJul 20, 2017
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Combat Sexual Harassment in Housing Act
This bill amends the Fair Housing Act to specify that the following unwelcome conduct in or around a dwelling shall be considered sufficiently severe or pervasive as to constitute a discriminatory housing practice: (1) unwelcome touching of a sexual nature or groping; or (2) any other unwelcome conduct of a sexual nature that is intended to be coercive, threatening, or intimidating.
Cosponsors 4
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 20, 2017 to Jul 27, 2017; 3 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MN | Al Franken | Original | Jul 20, 2017 |
| D-MN | Amy Klobuchar | Original | Jul 20, 2017 |
| D-CA | Kamala D. Harris | Original | Jul 20, 2017 |
| D-PA | Robert P. Casey Jr. | Jul 27, 2017 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee | Referred Jul 20, 2017 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 20, 2017Introduced in Senate
- Jul 20, 2017Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 115-55 | LEGISLATIVE HEARING ON H.R. 6344, TO AMEND THE ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT OF 1973 TO ENCOURAGE VOLUNTARY CONSERVATION EFFORTS, "LOCAL ACT OF 2018"; ...... "PETITION ACT OF 2018"107 pages | Natural Resources Committee | Sep 26, 2018 |
Related bills 3
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 3059 | Combat Sexual Harassment in Housing Act | Reintroduced Bill | Dec 16, 2019 |
| S 3324 | Combat Sexual Harassment in Housing Act | Reintroduction of | Sep 14, 2016 |
| HR 3745 | Combat Sexual Harassment in Housing Act | Identical bill | Sep 27, 2017 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to amend the Fair Housing Act to establish that certain conduct, in or around a dwelling, shall be considered to be severe or pervasive for purposes of determining whether a certain type of sexual harassment has occurred under that Act, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Combat Sexual Harassment in Housing Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Housing and Community Development.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jul 20, 2017Introduced in Senate
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; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
