Protect Black Women and Girls Act
Latest action · Feb 16, 2024 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
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.
- IntroducedFeb 14, 2024
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Cosponsors 35
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 14, 2024 to Dec 10, 2024; 28 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NC | Alma S. Adams | Original | Feb 14, 2024 |
| D-MA | Ayanna Pressley | Original | Feb 14, 2024 |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Original | Feb 14, 2024 |
| D-NJ | Bonnie Watson Coleman | Original | Feb 14, 2024 |
| R-PA | Brian K. Fitzpatrick | Original | Feb 14, 2024 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Feb 14, 2024 |
| D-OH | Emilia Strong Sykes | Original | Feb 14, 2024 |
| D-WI | Gwen Moore | Original | Feb 14, 2024 |
| D-CT | Jahana Hayes | Original | Feb 14, 2024 |
| D-TX | Jasmine Crockett | Original | Feb 14, 2024 |
| D-VA | Jennifer L. McClellan | Original | Feb 14, 2024 |
| D-IL | Jonathan L. Jackson | Original | Feb 14, 2024 |
| D-OH | Joyce Beatty | Original | Feb 14, 2024 |
| D-DE | Lisa Blunt Rochester | Original | Feb 14, 2024 |
| D-GA | Lucy McBath | Original | Feb 14, 2024 |
| D-WA | Marilyn Strickland | Original | Feb 14, 2024 |
| D-CA | Maxine Waters | Original | Feb 14, 2024 |
| D-GA | Nikema Williams | Original | Feb 14, 2024 |
| D-FL | Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick | Original | Feb 14, 2024 |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Original | Feb 14, 2024 |
| D-OH | Shontel M. Brown | Original | Feb 14, 2024 |
| D-MI | Shri Thanedar | Original | Feb 14, 2024 |
| D-VI | Stacey E. Plaskett | Original | Feb 14, 2024 |
| D-PA | Summer L. Lee | Original | Feb 14, 2024 |
| D-CA | Sydney Kamlager-Dove | Original | Feb 14, 2024 |
| D-AL | Terri A. Sewell | Original | Feb 14, 2024 |
| D-NC | Valerie P. Foushee | Original | Feb 14, 2024 |
| D-NY | Yvette D. Clarke | Original | Feb 14, 2024 |
| D-MO | Cori Bush | Feb 29, 2024 | |
| D-MN | Ilhan Omar | Feb 29, 2024 | |
| D-PA | Christopher R. Deluzio | May 21, 2024 | |
| D-PA | Dwight Evans | Oct 11, 2024 | |
| D-NC | Donald G. Davis | Nov 18, 2024 | |
| D-FL | Maxwell Frost | Nov 18, 2024 | |
| D-GA | Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. | Dec 10, 2024 |
Committees 4
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Feb 14, 2024 |
| House | Education and Workforce Committee | Referred Feb 14, 2024 |
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Feb 14, 2024 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Feb 16, 2024 | |
| House | Financial Services Committee | Referred Feb 14, 2024 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 16, 2024Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Feb 14, 2024Introduced in House
- Feb 14, 2024Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, Energy and Commerce, and Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 170, no. 29, February 14, 2024, page H638.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To establish an Interagency Task Force to examine the conditions and experiences of Black women and girls in education, economic development, healthcare, labor and employment, housing, justice and civil rights, to promote community-based methods for mitigating and addressing harm and ensuring accountability, and to study societal effects on Black women and girls, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Protect Black Women and Girls Act
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.
- Feb 14, 2024Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
