To provide that the amount of time that an elderly offender must serve before being eligible for placement in home detention is to be reduced by the amount of good time credits earned by the prisoner, and for other purposes.
Latest action · Dec 19, 2019 Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 392.
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 25, 2019
- Passed HouseDec 3, 2019
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
This bill modifies the eligibility criteria for an elderly offender to qualify for early release from prison and placement in home detention.
Specifically, it reduces the amount of a prison term an elderly offender must serve by the amount of good time credits earned by the offender.
Cosponsors 12
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 30, 2019 to Nov 13, 2019.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-GA | Doug Collins | Jul 30, 2019 | |
| D-NY | Hakeem S. Jeffries | Jul 30, 2019 | |
| D-NY | Jerrold Nadler | Jul 30, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Karen Bass | Jul 30, 2019 | |
| R-FL | Matt Gaetz | Jul 30, 2019 | |
| R-WA | Cathy McMorris Rodgers | Aug 9, 2019 | |
| D-LA | Cedric L. Richmond | Sep 9, 2019 | |
| D-RI | David N. Cicilline | Sep 9, 2019 | |
| R-ND | Kelly Armstrong | Sep 9, 2019 | |
| D-PA | Madeleine Dean | Sep 9, 2019 | |
| R-NC | Gregory F. Murphy | Nov 8, 2019 | |
| D-PA | Conor Lamb | Nov 13, 2019 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Jul 25, 2019Markup Sep 10, 2019Reported Nov 26, 2019 |
| Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee | Referred Aug 28, 2019Discharged Sep 10, 2019 |
Actions 16
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 19, 2019Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 392.
- Dec 18, 2019Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
- Dec 4, 2019Received in the Senate.
- Dec 3, 2019Mr. Deutch moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Dec 3, 2019Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H9191-9192)
- Dec 3, 2019DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4018.
- Dec 3, 2019Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H9191)
- Dec 3, 2019Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Nov 26, 2019Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 116-311.
- Nov 26, 2019Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 252.
- Sep 10, 2019Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security Discharged.
- Sep 10, 2019Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Sep 10, 2019Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 28 - 8.
- Aug 28, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
- Jul 25, 2019Introduced in House
- Jul 25, 2019Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
In the Congressional Record 4
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 S7170 | Mitch McConnell R-KY | Dec 19, 2019 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S7165, S7166 | James Lankford R-OK | Dec 18, 2019 |
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E1563 | Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX | Dec 9, 2019 |
| House | Debate and remarks H9191Text printed H9191Notices H9219Estimated budget effects of H.R. 4018, provide that the amount of time an elderly offender must serve before being eligible for placement in home detention is reduced by the amount of good time credits earned by the pri…Tables H9219Estimated pay-as-you-go effects of H.R. 4018, provide that the amount of time an elderly offender must serve before being eligible for placement in home detention is reduced by the amount of good time credits earned by … | Ben Cline R-VA, John A. Yarmuth D-KY, Theodore E. Deutch D-FL | Dec 3, 2019 |
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.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimates 2
- Jun 1, 2020H.R. 4018, an act to provide that the amount of time that an elderly offender must serve before being eligible for placement in home detention is to be reduced by the amount of good time credits earned by the prisoner, and for other purposesAs passed by the House of Representatives on December 3, 2019
- Dec 3, 2019H.R. 4018, a bill to provide that the amount of time that an elderly offender must serve before being eligible for placement in home detention is to be reduced by the amount of good time credits earned by the prisonerAs reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on November 26, 2019
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 165, no. 126, July 25, 2019, page H7469.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 3035 | Elderly Home Detention Pilot Program Technical Corrections Act of 2019 | Related bill | Dec 12, 2019 |
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To provide that the amount of time that an elderly offender must serve before being eligible for placement in home detention is to be reduced by the amount of good time credits earned by the prisoner, and for other purposes.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement.
Text 4
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 19, 2019Placed on Calendar Senate
- Dec 3, 2019Engrossed in House
- Nov 26, 2019Reported in House
- Jul 25, 2019Introduced in House
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.
