COVID–19 Safer Detention Act of 2020
Latest action · Jun 22, 2020 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR S3127-3128)
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.
- IntroducedJun 22, 2020
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
COVID-19 Safer Detention Act of 2020
This bill modifies programs that allow for early release of certain federal inmates, including by expanding eligibility for the Elderly Home Detention Pilot Program and making vulnerability to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) a basis for compassionate release during the public health emergency.
Cosponsors 6
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 25, 2020 to Jul 29, 2020.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-IA | Chuck Grassley | Jun 25, 2020 | |
| R-ND | Kevin Cramer | Jul 20, 2020 | |
| D-DE | Christopher A. Coons | Jul 29, 2020 | |
| R-MS | Roger F. Wicker | Jul 29, 2020 | |
| D-RI | Sheldon Whitehouse | Jul 29, 2020 | |
| R-NC | Thom Tillis | Jul 29, 2020 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 22, 2020Introduced in Senate
- Jun 22, 2020Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR S3127-3128)
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement.
- Administrative remedies
- Aging
- Cardiovascular and respiratory health
- Correctional facilities and imprisonment
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Criminal procedure and sentencing
- Department of Justice
- Detention of persons
- Emergency medical services and trauma care
- Infectious and parasitic diseases
- Judicial review and appeals
- Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 22, 2020Introduced in Senate
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