HOPE for Victims of Human Trafficking Act
Latest action · Dec 18, 2019 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
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.
- IntroducedNov 14, 2019
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Help Obtaining Presumption of Exoneration for Victims of Human Trafficking Act or the HOPE for Victims of Human Trafficking Act
This bill establishes a rebuttable presumption that certain offenses were induced by coercion if the defendant establishes that he or she was a victim of human trafficking at the time of the offense.
Cosponsors 14
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Nov 14, 2019 to Aug 28, 2020; 4 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-FL | Alcee L. Hastings | Original | Nov 14, 2019 |
| R-FL | Mario Diaz-Balart | Original | Nov 14, 2019 |
| R-FL | Michael Waltz | Original | Nov 14, 2019 |
| D-FL | Theodore E. Deutch | Original | Nov 14, 2019 |
| D-FL | Darren Soto | Nov 19, 2019 | |
| R-FL | Matt Gaetz | Nov 19, 2019 | |
| R-FL | Gus M. Bilirakis | Jan 24, 2020 | |
| D-SC | Joe Cunningham | Feb 5, 2020 | |
| R-FL | W. Gregory Steube | Feb 5, 2020 | |
| D-FL | Al Lawson, Jr. | Feb 6, 2020 | |
| R-FL | Brian J. Mast | Feb 6, 2020 | |
| R-TN | Mark E. Green | Feb 26, 2020 | |
| R-FL | John H. Rutherford | Mar 2, 2020 | |
| D-MN | Dean Phillips | Aug 28, 2020 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Nov 14, 2019 |
| Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee | Referred Dec 18, 2019 | |
| House | Foreign Affairs Committee | Referred Nov 14, 2019 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 18, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
- Nov 14, 2019Introduced in House
- Nov 14, 2019Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H8870)
- Nov 14, 2019Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H8870Lists H8879H.R. 5080–5113 | Ross Spano R-FL | Nov 14, 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.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 165, no. 182, November 14, 2019, page H8879.
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend title 18, United States Code, to establish a rebuttable presumption that certain Federal offenses were induced by coercion if a defendant was the victim of trafficking when such offense was committed, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- HOPE for Victims of Human Trafficking Act
- Help Obtaining Presumption of Exoneration for Victims of Human Trafficking Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Nov 14, 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.
