HR 578 · 119th Congress 2025–2027

Sarah’s Law

Introduced Jan 21, 2025 Originated House Sponsor Randy Feenstra R-IA

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

Latest action · Jan 21, 2025 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 21, 2025
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Sarah's Law

This bill requires the Department of Justice or the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to detain a non-U.S. national (alien under federal law) who is unlawfully present in the United States and has been charged with, arrested for, convicted of, or admits to having committed acts that constitute the essential elements of a crime that resulted in the death or serious bodily injury of another person.

DHS must obtain information about the identity of any victims of the crimes for which the detained individual was charged or convicted. DHS shall provide the victim, or a relative or guardian of a deceased victim, with information about the detained individual, including name, date of birth, nationality, immigration status, criminal history, and a description of any related removal efforts.

Cosponsors 53

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 21, 2025 to Feb 10, 2025; 45 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-AZAbraham J. HamadehOriginalJan 21, 2025
R-NCAddison P. McDowellOriginalJan 21, 2025
R-TNAndrew OglesOriginalJan 21, 2025
R-NYAndrew R. GarbarinoOriginalJan 21, 2025
R-IAAshley HinsonOriginalJan 21, 2025
R-MNBrad FinstadOriginalJan 21, 2025
R-TXBrian BabinOriginalJan 21, 2025
R-NCChuck EdwardsOriginalJan 21, 2025
R-NYClaudia TenneyOriginalJan 21, 2025
R-LAClay HigginsOriginalJan 21, 2025
R-TXDan CrenshawOriginalJan 21, 2025
R-PADaniel MeuserOriginalJan 21, 2025
R-NCDavid RouzerOriginalJan 21, 2025
R-KSDerek SchmidtOriginalJan 21, 2025
R-NEDon BaconOriginalJan 21, 2025
R-CADoug LaMalfaOriginalJan 21, 2025
R-SDDusty JohnsonOriginalJan 21, 2025
R-COGabe EvansOriginalJan 21, 2025
R-PAGlenn ThompsonOriginalJan 21, 2025
R-MIJack BergmanOriginalJan 21, 2025
R-TXJake EllzeyOriginalJan 21, 2025
R-MIJohn R. MoolenaarOriginalJan 21, 2025
R-OKJosh BrecheenOriginalJan 21, 2025
R-AZJuan CiscomaniOriginalJan 21, 2025
R-FLMaria Elvira SalazarOriginalJan 21, 2025
R-IAMariannette Miller-MeeksOriginalJan 21, 2025
R-ILMary E. MillerOriginalJan 21, 2025
R-OHMichael A. RulliOriginalJan 21, 2025
R-ILMike BostOriginalJan 21, 2025
R-SCNancy MaceOriginalJan 21, 2025
R-TXPete SessionsOriginalJan 21, 2025
R-TXRandy K. Weber, Sr.OriginalJan 21, 2025
R-GARichard McCormickOriginalJan 21, 2025
R-ALRobert B. AderholtOriginalJan 21, 2025
R-KSRon EstesOriginalJan 21, 2025
R-TNScott DesJarlaisOriginalJan 21, 2025
R-SCSheri BiggsOriginalJan 21, 2025
R-WIThomas P. TiffanyOriginalJan 21, 2025
R-CATom McClintockOriginalJan 21, 2025
R-WITony WiedOriginalJan 21, 2025
R-OHTroy BaldersonOriginalJan 21, 2025
R-MTTroy DowningOriginalJan 21, 2025
R-TXTroy E. NehlsOriginalJan 21, 2025
R-SCWilliam R. Timmons IVOriginalJan 21, 2025
R-IAZachary NunnOriginalJan 21, 2025
R-UTBurgess OwensJan 22, 2025
R-FLJohn H. RutherfordJan 22, 2025
R-MDAndy HarrisJan 28, 2025
R-NCRichard HudsonJan 28, 2025
R-FLByron DonaldsJan 31, 2025
R-MIBill HuizengaFeb 10, 2025
R-NYNicholas A. LangworthyFeb 10, 2025
R-NCTim MooreFeb 10, 2025

Committees 1

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

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseJudiciary Committee
Referred Jan 21, 2025

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jan 21, 2025Introduced in House
  2. Jan 21, 2025Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

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

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I Section 8 Clause 4 of the Constituion

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 171, no. 12, January 21, 2025, page H258.

Titles 2

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

Official Title as Introduced
To require U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to take into custody certain aliens who have been charged in the United States with a crime that resulted in the death or serious bodily injury of another person, and for other purposes.
Short Title(s) as Introduced
Sarah’s Law

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Immigration.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Jan 21, 2025Introduced in House

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