State Antitrust Enforcement Venue Act of 2021
Latest action · Jun 15, 2022 Held at the desk.
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 24, 2021
- Passed SenateJun 14, 2022
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
State Antitrust Enforcement Venue Act of 2021
This bill limits the transfer and consolidation of antitrust cases that are brought by states in federal court.
Current law generally permits federal civil cases that are related to be transferred to a single district court and consolidated for pretrial proceedings. However, under current law, antitrust cases brought by the federal government are exempt from transfer and consolidation. This bill adds to that exemption antitrust cases brought by states.
Cosponsors 5
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 24, 2021 to Sep 23, 2021; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MN | Amy Klobuchar | Original | May 24, 2021 |
| D-CT | Richard Blumenthal | May 27, 2021 | |
| R-MO | Josh Hawley | Jul 13, 2021 | |
| D-VT | Patrick J. Leahy | Jul 21, 2021 | |
| R-TX | Ted Cruz | Sep 23, 2021 |
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 May 24, 2021Markup Sep 23, 2021Reported Feb 3, 2022 |
Actions 10
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 15, 2022Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- Jun 15, 2022Received in the House.
- Jun 15, 2022Held at the desk.
- Jun 14, 2022Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S2935-2936; text: CR S2936)
- Jun 14, 2022Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
- Feb 3, 2022Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Durbin without amendment. Without written report.
- Feb 3, 2022Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 261.
- Sep 23, 2021Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
- May 24, 2021Introduced in Senate
- May 24, 2021Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
In the Congressional Record 3
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S2935Text printed S2936Amendments S2935, S2945 | Margaret Wood Hassan D-NH, Mike Lee R-UT (amendment) | Jun 14, 2022 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S2691, S2692 | Mike Lee R-UT, Richard J. Durbin D-IL | May 25, 2022 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S2471–S2473 | Amy Klobuchar D-MN, Mike Lee R-UT | May 12, 2022 |
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
- Feb 15, 2022S. 1787, State Antitrust Enforcement Venue Act of 2021As reported by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on February 3, 2022
Amendments 1
Amendments offered to this bill.
| Amendment | Description | Offered by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| SA 5096 | To strike the retroactive effective date. | Mike Lee R-UT | Amendment SA 5096 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 3460 | State Antitrust Enforcement Venue Act of 2022 | Identical bill | Sep 26, 2022 |
Titles 4
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to amend title 28 of the United States Code to prevent the transfer of actions arising under the antitrust laws in which a State is a complainant.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- State Antitrust Enforcement Venue Act of 2021
- Short Title(s) as Reported to Senate
- State Antitrust Enforcement Venue Act of 2021
- Short Title(s) as Passed Senate
- State Antitrust Enforcement Venue Act of 2021
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Law.
Text 3
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 14, 2022Engrossed in Senate
- Feb 3, 2022Reported to Senate
- May 24, 2021Introduced 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.
