S 1983 · 118th Congress 2023–2025, ended

Private Prison Information Act of 2023

Introduced Jun 14, 2023 Originated Senate Sponsor Benjamin L. Cardin D-MD

Fact sheet

Latest action · Jun 14, 2023 Read twice and referred to the 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. IntroducedJun 14, 2023
  2. Passed SenateNot reached
  3. Passed HouseNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Private Prison Information Act of 2023

This bill specifies that a record related to a nonfederal prison, correctional, or detention facility must be considered a federal agency record for purposes of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).

A nonfederal prison, correctional, or detention facility must disclose information under FOIA unless the information is exempt from disclosure or the disclosure is prohibited by law.

The term nonfederal prison, correctional, or detention facility means (1) a private prison, correctional, or detention facility; or (2) a state or local prison, jail, or other correctional or detention facility.

Cosponsors 15

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 14, 2023 to Sep 21, 2023, with 10 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
I-VTBernard SandersOriginalJun 14, 2023
D-MDChris Van HollenOriginalJun 14, 2023
D-NJCory A. BookerOriginalJun 14, 2023
D-CADianne FeinsteinOriginalJun 14, 2023
D-MAEdward J. MarkeyOriginalJun 14, 2023
D-MAElizabeth WarrenOriginalJun 14, 2023
D-WAPatty MurrayOriginalJun 14, 2023
D-VTPeter WelchOriginalJun 14, 2023
D-CTRichard BlumenthalOriginalJun 14, 2023
D-ORRon WydenOriginalJun 14, 2023
D-MNAmy KlobucharJun 20, 2023
D-NJRobert MenendezJun 20, 2023
D-ILTammy DuckworthJun 20, 2023
D-PARobert P. Casey Jr.Jun 22, 2023
D-NMMartin HeinrichSep 21, 2023

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jun 14, 2023Introduced in Senate
  2. Jun 14, 2023Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Related bills 1

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

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
HR 4133Private Prison Information Act of 2023Identical billJun 14, 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. Jun 14, 2023Introduced in Senate

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