Justice for Victims of Lynching Act of 2018
Latest action · Dec 19, 2018 Held at the desk.
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.
- IntroducedJun 28, 2018
- Passed SenateDec 19, 2018
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Justice for Victims of Lynching Act of 2018
This bill specifies that an offense involving lynching is a criminal civil rights violation. A violator is subject to criminal penalties—a prison term, a fine, or both.
Cosponsors 39
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 28, 2018 to Dec 19, 2018; 22 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MN | Amy Klobuchar | Original | Jun 28, 2018 |
| I-ME | Angus S. King Jr. | Original | Jun 28, 2018 |
| I-VT | Bernard Sanders | Original | Jun 28, 2018 |
| D-FL | Bill Nelson | Original | Jun 28, 2018 |
| D-MD | Chris Van Hollen | Original | Jun 28, 2018 |
| D-NJ | Cory A. Booker | Original | Jun 28, 2018 |
| D-CA | Dianne Feinstein | Original | Jun 28, 2018 |
| D-AL | Doug Jones | Original | Jun 28, 2018 |
| D-MA | Elizabeth Warren | Original | Jun 28, 2018 |
| D-RI | Jack Reed | Original | Jun 28, 2018 |
| D-NY | Kirsten E. Gillibrand | Original | Jun 28, 2018 |
| D-NH | Margaret Wood Hassan | Original | Jun 28, 2018 |
| D-HI | Mazie K. Hirono | Original | Jun 28, 2018 |
| D-VT | Patrick J. Leahy | Original | Jun 28, 2018 |
| D-WA | Patty Murray | Original | Jun 28, 2018 |
| D-CT | Richard Blumenthal | Original | Jun 28, 2018 |
| D-IL | Richard J. Durbin | Original | Jun 28, 2018 |
| D-RI | Sheldon Whitehouse | Original | Jun 28, 2018 |
| D-OH | Sherrod Brown | Original | Jun 28, 2018 |
| D-WI | Tammy Baldwin | Original | Jun 28, 2018 |
| D-VA | Tim Kaine | Original | Jun 28, 2018 |
| R-SC | Tim Scott | Original | Jun 28, 2018 |
| D-CT | Christopher Murphy | Jul 9, 2018 | |
| D-NM | Martin Heinrich | Jul 11, 2018 | |
| D-DE | Christopher A. Coons | Jul 30, 2018 | |
| D-MI | Debbie Stabenow | Aug 1, 2018 | |
| D-NH | Jeanne Shaheen | Sep 12, 2018 | |
| R-FL | Marco Rubio | Sep 25, 2018 | |
| R-NC | Thom Tillis | Sep 25, 2018 | |
| R-IA | Chuck Grassley | Oct 11, 2018 | |
| R-TX | John Cornyn | Oct 11, 2018 | |
| R-SC | Lindsey Graham | Oct 11, 2018 | |
| R-UT | Orrin G. Hatch | Oct 11, 2018 | |
| R-TX | Ted Cruz | Oct 11, 2018 | |
| R-AZ | Jeff Flake | Nov 13, 2018 | |
| D-VA | Mark R. Warner | Nov 13, 2018 | |
| D-WA | Maria Cantwell | Nov 26, 2018 | |
| D-NV | Catherine Cortez Masto | Dec 4, 2018 | |
| D-MI | Gary C. Peters | Dec 19, 2018 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Judiciary Committee | Referred Jun 28, 2018Markup Oct 11, 2018Discharged Dec 19, 2018 |
Actions 9
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 19, 2018Senate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent.
- Dec 19, 2018Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S7843-7844)
- Dec 19, 2018Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote. (text: CR S7843-7844)
- Dec 19, 2018Received in the House.
- Dec 19, 2018Message on Senate action sent to the House.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S7842–S7844Text printed S7843Amendments S7935 | Cory A. Booker D-NJ (amendment), Jeff Merkley D-OR, Kamala D. Harris D-CA | Dec 19, 2018 |
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.
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Oct 19, 2018S. 3178, Justice for Victims of Lynching Act of 2018As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on October 11, 2018
Amendments 1
Amendments offered to this bill.
| Amendment | Description | Offered by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| SA 4168 | In the nature of a substitute. | Cory A. Booker D-NJ | Amendment SA 4168 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to specify lynching as a deprivation of civil rights, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Justice for Victims of Lynching Act of 2018
- Short Titles as Passed Senate
- Justice for Victims of Lynching Act of 2018
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 19, 2018Engrossed in Senate
- Jun 28, 2018Introduced 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.
