Kenneth P. Thompson Begin Again Act
Latest action · Apr 6, 2022 Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 28 - 7.
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.
- IntroducedMar 16, 2021
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Kenneth P. Thompson Begin Again Act
This bill expands eligibility for the expungement of records related to a first-time drug possession offense.
Current law permits expungement for offenders who commit the offense before age 21. This bill permits expungement for offenders who commit the offense at any age.
Cosponsors 13
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 16, 2021 to Dec 21, 2022; 3 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-TX | Dan Crenshaw | Original | Mar 16, 2021 |
| D-NY | Jerrold Nadler | Original | Mar 16, 2021 |
| R-TX | Van Taylor | Original | Mar 16, 2021 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | May 25, 2021 | |
| R-SC | Nancy Mace | May 25, 2021 | |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Jun 15, 2021 | |
| R-ND | Kelly Armstrong | Jun 15, 2021 | |
| R-TX | Chip Roy | Sep 21, 2021 | |
| D-CO | Joe Neguse | Sep 21, 2021 | |
| D-MD | David J. Trone | Oct 26, 2021 | |
| R-CA | Tom McClintock | Oct 26, 2021 | |
| R-UT | Burgess Owens | Dec 23, 2021 | |
| D-GA | Nikema Williams | Dec 21, 2022 |
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 Mar 16, 2021Markup Apr 6, 2022 |
| Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee | Referred May 19, 2021Discharged Apr 6, 2022 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 6, 2022Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security Discharged.
- Apr 6, 2022Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Apr 6, 2022Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 28 - 7.
- May 18, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
- Mar 16, 2021Introduced in House
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.
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- May 3, 2022H.R. 1924, Kenneth P. Thompson Begin Again ActAs ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on April 6, 2022
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 167, no. 49, March 16, 2021, page H1414.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 2502 | Kenneth P. Thompson Begin Again Act | Identical bill | Dec 13, 2021 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To provide first-time, low-level, nonviolent simple possession offenders an opportunity to expunge that conviction after successful completion of court-imposed probation.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Kenneth P. Thompson Begin Again Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 16, 2021Introduced 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.
