HR 2300
116th Congress
House
Crime and Law Enforcement
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Child health
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Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Criminal justice information and records
Criminal procedure and sentencing
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Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Elementary and secondary education
Homelessness and emergency shelter
Judicial procedure and administration
Juvenile crime and gang violence
Law enforcement administration and funding
Legal fees and court costs
Mental health
State and local finance
State and local government operations
Eliminating Debtor’s Prison for Kids Act of 2019
Introduced: April 12, 2019
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 20, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Apr 12, 2019
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Apr 12, 2019
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Eliminating Debtor's Prison for Kids Act of 2019
This bill directs the Department of Justice to make grants for states to provide mental and behavioral health services to at-risk youth in any school, secure detention facility, or secure correctional facility in the state.
A state that receives a grant must report, for inclusion in a national report, certain information about fines and fees imposed on adults and juveniles in the criminal justice system.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Committees of jurisdiction
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