S 3247 · 118th Congress 2023–2025, ended

Stop Shackling and Detaining Pregnant Women Act

Introduced Nov 8, 2023 Originated Senate Sponsor Patty Murray D-WA

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

Latest action · Nov 8, 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. IntroducedNov 8, 2023
  2. Passed SenateNot reached
  3. Passed HouseNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Cosponsors 23

Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Nov 8, 2023.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-CAAlex PadillaOriginalNov 8, 2023
D-MNAmy KlobucharOriginalNov 8, 2023
D-MDBenjamin L. CardinOriginalNov 8, 2023
I-VTBernard SandersOriginalNov 8, 2023
D-NVCatherine Cortez MastoOriginalNov 8, 2023
D-MDChris Van HollenOriginalNov 8, 2023
D-DEChristopher A. CoonsOriginalNov 8, 2023
D-NJCory A. BookerOriginalNov 8, 2023
D-MAEdward J. MarkeyOriginalNov 8, 2023
D-MAElizabeth WarrenOriginalNov 8, 2023
D-RIJack ReedOriginalNov 8, 2023
D-ORJeff MerkleyOriginalNov 8, 2023
D-PAJohn FettermanOriginalNov 8, 2023
D-NYKirsten E. GillibrandOriginalNov 8, 2023
D-CALaphonza R. ButlerOriginalNov 8, 2023
D-HIMazie K. HironoOriginalNov 8, 2023
D-VTPeter WelchOriginalNov 8, 2023
D-CTRichard BlumenthalOriginalNov 8, 2023
D-ILRichard J. DurbinOriginalNov 8, 2023
D-NJRobert MenendezOriginalNov 8, 2023
D-ORRon WydenOriginalNov 8, 2023
D-RISheldon WhitehouseOriginalNov 8, 2023
D-ILTammy DuckworthOriginalNov 8, 2023

Committees 1

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

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
SenateJudiciary Committee
Referred Nov 8, 2023

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Nov 8, 2023Introduced in Senate
  2. Nov 8, 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 6298Stop Shackling and Detaining Pregnant Women ActIdentical billNov 8, 2023

Titles 2

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

Official Title as Introduced
A bill to safeguard the humane treatment of pregnant women by ensuring the presumption of release and prohibiting shackling, restraining, and other inhumane treatment of pregnant detained noncitizens, and for other purposes.
Short Title(s) as Introduced
Stop Shackling and Detaining Pregnant Women 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. Nov 8, 2023Introduced in Senate

Support LegiList

This page is free, carries no paywall, and is built and maintained by one person. If the record here is useful to you, a few dollars keeps it going.

$1 $5 $10

Processed by Stripe in a separate window. LegiList never sees card details.

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.