S 916 · 119th Congress 2025–2027

Stop Shackling and Detaining Pregnant Women Act

Introduced Mar 10, 2025 Originated Senate Sponsor Patty Murray D-WA

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

Latest action · Mar 10, 2025 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. IntroducedMar 10, 2025
  2. Passed SenateNot reached
  3. Passed HouseNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Cosponsors 22

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 10, 2025 to Mar 12, 2025; 20 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-CAAdam B. SchiffOriginalMar 10, 2025
D-CAAlex PadillaOriginalMar 10, 2025
D-MNAmy KlobucharOriginalMar 10, 2025
D-NJAndy KimOriginalMar 10, 2025
I-VTBernard SandersOriginalMar 10, 2025
D-NVCatherine Cortez MastoOriginalMar 10, 2025
D-MDChris Van HollenOriginalMar 10, 2025
D-DEChristopher A. CoonsOriginalMar 10, 2025
D-NJCory A. BookerOriginalMar 10, 2025
D-MAEdward J. MarkeyOriginalMar 10, 2025
D-MAElizabeth WarrenOriginalMar 10, 2025
D-PAJohn FettermanOriginalMar 10, 2025
D-NYKirsten E. GillibrandOriginalMar 10, 2025
D-NMMartin HeinrichOriginalMar 10, 2025
D-HIMazie K. HironoOriginalMar 10, 2025
D-VTPeter WelchOriginalMar 10, 2025
D-CTRichard BlumenthalOriginalMar 10, 2025
D-ILRichard J. DurbinOriginalMar 10, 2025
D-ORRon WydenOriginalMar 10, 2025
D-ILTammy DuckworthOriginalMar 10, 2025
D-RIJack ReedMar 12, 2025
D-RISheldon WhitehouseMar 12, 2025

Committees 1

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

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
SenateJudiciary Committee
Referred Mar 10, 2025

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Mar 10, 2025Introduced in Senate
  2. Mar 10, 2025Read 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 4664Stop Shackling and Detaining Pregnant Women ActIdentical billJul 23, 2025

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 and postpartum women by ensuring the presumption of release and prohibiting shackling, restraining, and other inhumane treatment, 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. Mar 10, 2025Introduced in Senate

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