HR 639 · 118th Congress 2023–2025, ended

Korematsu-Takai Civil Liberties Protection Act of 2023

Fact sheet

Latest action · Jan 30, 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. IntroducedJan 30, 2023
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Korematsu-Takai Civil Liberties Protection Act of 2023

This bill prohibits the detention or imprisonment of an individual based solely on an actual or perceived protected characteristic of the individual. The term protected characteristic includes each of the following: race, ethnicity, national origin, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, and any additional characteristic that the Department of Justice determines to be a protected characteristic.

Cosponsors 7

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 30, 2023 to Mar 1, 2023, with 3 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-CADoris O. MatsuiOriginalJan 30, 2023
D-HIJill N. TokudaOriginalJan 30, 2023
D-CAJudy ChuOriginalJan 30, 2023
D-CABarbara LeeFeb 8, 2023
D-HIEd CaseFeb 8, 2023
D-ILJanice D. SchakowskyFeb 8, 2023
D-NYDaniel S. GoldmanMar 1, 2023

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jan 30, 2023Introduced in House
  2. Jan 30, 2023Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Related bills 1

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

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 129Korematsu-Takai Civil Liberties Protection Act of 2023Related billJan 30, 2023

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Jan 30, 2023Introduced in House

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