COVID–19 Hate Crimes Act
Latest action · May 5, 2020 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
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.
- IntroducedMay 5, 2020
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act
This bill requires a designated officer or employee of the Department of Justice to facilitate the expedited review of COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) hate crimes and reports of COVID-19 hate crimes.
It defines COVID-19 hate crime as a violent crime that is motivated by two things: (1) the actual or perceived characteristic (e.g., race) of any person, and (2) the actual or perceived relationship to the spread of COVID-19 of any person because of that characteristic.
The designated officer or employee must periodically report on the status of each case reviewed.
Cosponsors 34
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 5, 2020 to Nov 18, 2020, with 19 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NY | Adriano Espaillat | Original | May 5, 2020 |
| D-CA | Alan S. Lowenthal | Original | May 5, 2020 |
| D-NY | Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez | Original | May 5, 2020 |
| D-CA | Anna G. Eshoo | Original | May 5, 2020 |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Original | May 5, 2020 |
| D-NJ | Bill Pascrell, Jr. | Original | May 5, 2020 |
| D-NJ | Bonnie Watson Coleman | Original | May 5, 2020 |
| D-WA | Derek Kilmer | Original | May 5, 2020 |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Original | May 5, 2020 |
| D-NY | Eliot L. Engel | Original | May 5, 2020 |
| D-CA | Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr. | Original | May 5, 2020 |
| D-CA | Grace F. Napolitano | Original | May 5, 2020 |
| D-CT | Jahana Hayes | Original | May 5, 2020 |
| D-MA | Joseph P. Kennedy III | Original | May 5, 2020 |
| D-NY | Nydia M. Velázquez | Original | May 5, 2020 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 5, 2020Introduced in House
- May 5, 2020Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement.
- Cardiovascular and respiratory health
- Congressional oversight
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Crime victims
- Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
- Criminal justice information and records
- Department of Justice
- Disability and health-based discrimination
- Emergency medical services and trauma care
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Federal officials
- Hate crimes
- Infectious and parasitic diseases
- Racial and ethnic relations
- Religion
- Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 5, 2020Introduced in House
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