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HRES 250 115th Congress House Crime and Law Enforcement Alaska Arkansas California Colorado Commemorative events and holidays Congressional tributes Connecticut Correctional facilities and imprisonment Criminal procedure and sentencing Delaware District of Columbia Florida Hawaii Iowa Juvenile crime and gang violence Kansas Kentucky Massachusetts Montana

Expressing the need to eliminate life without parole for children.

Introduced: April 5, 2017 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Apr 21, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Apr 5, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Apr 5, 2017
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Applauds and celebrates the Supreme Court's decisions in Roper v. Simmons, Graham v. Florida, and Miller v. Alabama to strike down the death penalty, the use of life without parole sentences for non-homicide offenses, and the use of mandatory life without parole sentences for children in the United States.

Applauds the states of Texas, Nevada, Wyoming, Kentucky, Kansas, Colorado, Montana, Alaska, Hawaii, Delaware, Massachusetts, Vermont, Connecticut, West Virginia, California, Florida, Washington, and the District of Columbia for recent legislative changes that eliminated life without the possibility of release or parole sentences for children convicted of serious crimes.

Encourages other state legislatures to eliminate extreme sentences for children convicted of serious crimes.

What's happening now April 21, 2017

Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 3