Homicide Victims’ Families’ Rights Act of 2020
Latest action · Sep 30, 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.
- IntroducedSep 30, 2020
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Homicide Victims' Families' Rights Act of 2020
This bill establishes a framework for immediate family members of a victim of murder under federal law to request a review of the victim's case file if the murder was committed more than three years prior and all probative investigative leads have been exhausted.
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Sep 30, 2020.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-TX | Michael T. McCaul | Original | Sep 30, 2020 |
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 Sep 30, 2020 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 30, 2020Introduced in House
- Sep 30, 2020Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
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. 166, no. 170, September 30, 2020, page H5106.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To provide for a system for reviewing the case files of cold case murders at the instance of certain persons, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Homicide Victims’ Families’ Rights Act of 2020
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement.
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Administrative remedies
- Congressional oversight
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Crime victims
- Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
- Criminal justice information and records
- Employment and training programs
- Evidence and witnesses
- Family relationships
- Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
- Government information and archives
- Law enforcement administration and funding
- Violent crime
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 30, 2020Introduced 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.
