S 5029 · 117th Congress 2021–2023, ended

Billy’s Law

Introduced Sep 29, 2022 Originated Senate Sponsor Christopher Murphy D-CT

Fact sheet

Latest action · Sep 29, 2022 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.

IntroducedSep 29, 2022
Passed SenateNot reached
Passed HouseNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Billy's Law or the Help Find the Missing Act

This bill provides statutory authority for the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs) and requires certain data sharing between databases of the National Crime Information Center and NamUs. It also provides for grants to state, local, and tribal law enforcement agencies to support reporting to these systems.

Cosponsors 4

Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Sep 29, 2022.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-TX	John Cornyn	Original	Sep 29, 2022
R-ND	John Hoeven	Original	Sep 29, 2022
D-CT	Richard Blumenthal	Original	Sep 29, 2022
R-NC	Thom Tillis	Original	Sep 29, 2022

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

Sep 29, 2022Introduced in Senate
Sep 29, 2022Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Related bills 2

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 5230	Billy's Law	Related bill	Dec 27, 2022
HR 9491	Billy’s Law	Related bill	Dec 12, 2022

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement.

Crime and Law Enforcement

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Sep 29, 2022Introduced in Senate

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