S 5218 · 117th Congress 2021–2023, ended

Clarifying Civil Rights Remedies Act of 2022

Introduced Dec 8, 2022 Originated Senate Sponsor Patty Murray D-WA

Fact sheet

Latest action · Dec 8, 2022 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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.

  1. IntroducedDec 8, 2022
  2. Passed SenateNot reached
  3. Passed HouseNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Clarifying Civil Rights Remedies Act of 2022

This bill specifies that damages in certain civil rights lawsuits may include all types of compensatory damages, including for emotional harm.

Cosponsors 11

Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Dec 8, 2022.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
I-VTBernard SandersOriginalDec 8, 2022
D-NJCory A. BookerOriginalDec 8, 2022
D-CADianne FeinsteinOriginalDec 8, 2022
D-CTRichard BlumenthalOriginalDec 8, 2022
D-ILRichard J. DurbinOriginalDec 8, 2022
D-PARobert P. Casey Jr.OriginalDec 8, 2022
D-RISheldon WhitehouseOriginalDec 8, 2022
D-OHSherrod BrownOriginalDec 8, 2022
D-WITammy BaldwinOriginalDec 8, 2022
D-ILTammy DuckworthOriginalDec 8, 2022
D-VATim KaineOriginalDec 8, 2022

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Dec 8, 2022Introduced in Senate
  2. Dec 8, 2022Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Dec 8, 2022Introduced in Senate

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