SRES 605 · 117th Congress 2021–2023, ended

A resolution designating April 2022 as "Second Chance Month".

Fact sheet

Latest action · May 17, 2022 Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S2535; text: 4/28/2022 CR S2224)

Progress

Where this resolution reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried. A simple resolution is the business of one chamber alone: it is not sent to the other chamber or to the President, and does not become law.

  1. IntroducedApr 28, 2022
  2. Agreed to in SenateMay 17, 2022

Summary

This resolution designates April 2022 as Second Chance Month to promote awareness of unnecessary legal and social barriers that prevent individuals with criminal records from becoming productive members of society.

Cosponsors 1

Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Apr 28, 2022.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-MNAmy KlobucharOriginalApr 28, 2022

Actions 5

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. May 17, 2022Passed/agreed to in Senate: Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S2535; text: 4/28/2022 CR S2224)
  2. May 17, 2022Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S2535; text: 4/28/2022 CR S2224)
  3. May 17, 2022Senate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent.
  4. Apr 28, 2022Introduced in Senate
  5. Apr 28, 2022Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Related bills 3

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

Subjects

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

Text 2

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. May 17, 2022Agreed to Senate
  2. Apr 28, 2022Introduced in Senate

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