HR 4633 · 118th Congress 2023–2025, ended

Federal Death Penalty Prohibition Act

Introduced Jul 13, 2023 Originated House Sponsor Ayanna Pressley D-MA

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

Latest action · Jul 13, 2023 Referred to the House 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.

  1. IntroducedJul 13, 2023
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Cosponsors 61

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 13, 2023 to Nov 19, 2024; 54 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-VAAbigail Davis SpanbergerOriginalJul 13, 2023
D-NYAlexandria Ocasio-CortezOriginalJul 13, 2023
D-CABarbara LeeOriginalJul 13, 2023
D-VTBecca BalintOriginalJul 13, 2023
D-MSBennie G. ThompsonOriginalJul 13, 2023
D-MNBetty McCollumOriginalJul 13, 2023
D-NJBonnie Watson ColemanOriginalJul 13, 2023
D-MEChellie PingreeOriginalJul 13, 2023
D-MOCori BushOriginalJul 13, 2023
D-ILDanny K. DavisOriginalJul 13, 2023
D-MDDavid J. TroneOriginalJul 13, 2023
D-CODiana DeGetteOriginalJul 13, 2023
D-PADwight EvansOriginalJul 13, 2023
D-OREarl BlumenauerOriginalJul 13, 2023
D-DCEleanor Holmes NortonOriginalJul 13, 2023
D-MOEmanuel CleaverOriginalJul 13, 2023
D-NJFrank Pallone, Jr.OriginalJul 13, 2023
D-FLFrederica S. WilsonOriginalJul 13, 2023
D-VAGerald E. ConnollyOriginalJul 13, 2023
D-NYGrace MengOriginalJul 13, 2023
D-MIHaley M. StevensOriginalJul 13, 2023
D-GAHenry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.OriginalJul 13, 2023
D-MNIlhan OmarOriginalJul 13, 2023
D-CTJames A. HimesOriginalJul 13, 2023
D-MAJames P. McGovernOriginalJul 13, 2023
D-ILJanice D. SchakowskyOriginalJul 13, 2023
D-ILJesús G. "Chuy" GarcíaOriginalJul 13, 2023
D-CAJimmy GomezOriginalJul 13, 2023
D-MDJohn P. SarbanesOriginalJul 13, 2023
D-CAJulia BrownleyOriginalJul 13, 2023
D-CAKatie PorterOriginalJul 13, 2023
D-CAKevin MullinOriginalJul 13, 2023
D-PAMadeleine DeanOriginalJul 13, 2023
D-CAMark DeSaulnierOriginalJul 13, 2023
D-WIMark PocanOriginalJul 13, 2023
D-FLMaxwell FrostOriginalJul 13, 2023
D-KYMorgan McGarveyOriginalJul 13, 2023
D-CANanette Diaz BarragánOriginalJul 13, 2023
D-GANikema WilliamsOriginalJul 13, 2023
D-NYNydia M. VelázquezOriginalJul 13, 2023
D-NYPaul TonkoOriginalJul 13, 2023
D-WAPramila JayapalOriginalJul 13, 2023
D-MIRashida TlaibOriginalJul 13, 2023
D-CARo KhannaOriginalJul 13, 2023
D-VARobert C. "Bobby" ScottOriginalJul 13, 2023
D-CARobert GarciaOriginalJul 13, 2023
D-FLSheila Cherfilus-McCormickOriginalJul 13, 2023
D-TXSheila Jackson LeeOriginalJul 13, 2023
D-PASummer L. LeeOriginalJul 13, 2023
D-PASusan WildOriginalJul 13, 2023
D-ORSuzanne BonamiciOriginalJul 13, 2023
D-CATed LieuOriginalJul 13, 2023
D-LATroy A. CarterOriginalJul 13, 2023
D-NYYvette D. ClarkeOriginalJul 13, 2023
D-NCAlma S. AdamsOct 3, 2023
D-TXGreg CasarOct 3, 2023
D-ILJonathan L. JacksonOct 3, 2023
D-PAMary Gay ScanlonOct 3, 2023
D-ILRobin L. KellyOct 3, 2023
D-CATony CárdenasOct 3, 2023
D-VAJennifer L. McClellanNov 19, 2024

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseJudiciary Committee
Referred Jul 13, 2023

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jul 13, 2023Introduced in House
  2. Jul 13, 2023Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

In the Congressional Record 1

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.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
HouseDebate and remarks H5542Cori Bush D-MOSep 20, 2024

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.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18 The single subject of this legislation is: This bill abolishes the federal death penalty

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 169, no. 120, July 13, 2023, page H3577.

CRS reports 1

Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.

Cite it 1

Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.

ProductTitleKindPublished
LSB11276Federal Capital Punishment: Recent Executive ActionInsightMar 10, 2025

Related bills 2

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

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
HR 262Federal Death Penalty Prohibition ActReintroduction ofMar 4, 2021
S 2299Federal Death Penalty Prohibition ActIdentical billJul 13, 2023

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To prohibit the imposition of the death penalty for any violation of Federal law, and for other purposes.
Short Title(s) as Introduced
Federal Death Penalty Prohibition Act

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Jul 13, 2023Introduced in House

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