Abby Honold Act
Latest action · Jan 16, 2019 Read twice and referred to the 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.
- IntroducedJan 16, 2019
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Abby Honold Act
This bill directs the Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women to make competitive grants to law enforcement agencies and victim services organizations to implement evidence-based, trauma-informed approaches in responding to and investigating domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking.
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Jan 16, 2019.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-TX | John Cornyn | Original | Jan 16, 2019 |
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 Jan 16, 2019 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 16, 2019Introduced in Senate
- Jan 16, 2019Read twice and referred to the 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.
CRS reports 2
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 2
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R46742 | The Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) Reauthorization: Issues for Congress | Report | Mar 31, 2021 |
| R45410 | The Violence Against Women Act (VAWA): Historical Overview, Funding, and Reauthorization | Report | Apr 23, 2019 |
Related bills 6
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 119 | Abby Honold Act | Reintroduced Bill | Jan 28, 2021 |
| HR 600 | Abby Honold Act | Identical bill | Mar 4, 2019 |
| HR 1585 | Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2019 | Related bill | Apr 10, 2019 |
| S 2266 | Abby Honold Act | Reintroduction of | Jul 18, 2018 |
| S 2843 | Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2019 | Related bill | Nov 13, 2019 |
| S 2920 | Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2019 | Related bill | Nov 21, 2019 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to authorize the Office on Violence Against Women to improve the handling of crimes of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking by incorporating a trauma-informed approach into the initial response to and investigation of such crimes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Abby Honold Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 16, 2019Introduced 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.
