SJRES 12 · 118th Congress 2023–2025, ended

A joint resolution disapproving the action of the District of Columbia Council in approving the Revised Criminal Code Act of 2022.

Introduced Feb 9, 2023 Originated Senate Sponsor Bill Hagerty R-TN

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

Latest action · Feb 9, 2023 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

Progress

Where this resolution 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. IntroducedFeb 9, 2023
  2. Passed SenateNot reached
  3. Passed HouseNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

This joint resolution nullifies the Revised Criminal Code Act of 2022, enacted by the council of the District of Columbia (DC). The act makes a variety of changes to DC criminal laws, including by providing statutory definitions for various elements of criminal offenses, modifying sentencing guidelines and penalties, and expanding the right to a jury trial for certain misdemeanor crimes.

Cosponsors 47

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 9, 2023 to Feb 13, 2023; 45 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-LABill CassidyOriginalFeb 9, 2023
R-IAChuck GrassleyOriginalFeb 9, 2023
R-MSCindy Hyde-SmithOriginalFeb 9, 2023
R-WYCynthia M. LummisOriginalFeb 9, 2023
R-NEDeb FischerOriginalFeb 9, 2023
R-MOEric SchmittOriginalFeb 9, 2023
R-OHJ. D. VanceOriginalFeb 9, 2023
R-IDJames E. RischOriginalFeb 9, 2023
R-OKJames LankfordOriginalFeb 9, 2023
R-KSJerry MoranOriginalFeb 9, 2023
R-WYJohn BarrassoOriginalFeb 9, 2023
R-ARJohn BoozmanOriginalFeb 9, 2023
R-TXJohn CornynOriginalFeb 9, 2023
R-NDJohn HoevenOriginalFeb 9, 2023
R-LAJohn KennedyOriginalFeb 9, 2023
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Committees 1

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

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
SenateHomeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee
Referred Feb 9, 2023

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Feb 9, 2023Introduced in Senate
  2. Feb 9, 2023Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

In the Congressional Record 4

Days the Record’s own index lists this resolution, 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
SenateDebate and remarks S661, S674–S676Bill Hagerty R-TN, James Lankford R-OK, John Boozman R-AR, Lindsey Graham R-SC, Mitch McConnell R-KYMar 7, 2023
SenateDebate and remarks S546Shelley Moore Capito R-WVMar 1, 2023
SenateDebate and remarks S435Mitch McConnell R-KYFeb 16, 2023
SenateDebate and remarks S411Mike Braun R-INFeb 15, 2023

Related bills 1

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

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
HJRES 26Disapproving the action of the District of Columbia Council in approving the Revised Criminal Code Act of 2022.Identical billMar 20, 2023

Titles 1

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

Official Title as Introduced
A joint resolution disapproving the action of the District of Columbia Council in approving the Revised Criminal Code Act of 2022.

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Feb 9, 2023Introduced in Senate

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