HR 4018
116th Congress
House
Crime and Law Enforcement
Aging
Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Detention of persons
To provide that the amount of time that an elderly offender must serve before being eligible for placement in home detention is to be reduced by the amount of good time credits earned by the prisoner, and for other purposes.
Introduced: July 25, 2019
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Everywhere this bill has been
17 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Dec 19, 2019
Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 392.
Dec 18, 2019
Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
Dec 4, 2019
Received in the Senate.
Dec 3, 2019
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Dec 3, 2019
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H9191)
Dec 3, 2019
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H9191)
Dec 3, 2019
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4018.
Dec 3, 2019
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H9191-9192)
Dec 3, 2019
Mr. Deutch moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Nov 26, 2019
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 252.
Nov 26, 2019
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 116-311.
Sep 10, 2019
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 28 - 8.
Sep 10, 2019
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Sep 10, 2019
Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security Discharged.
Aug 28, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Jul 25, 2019
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Jul 25, 2019
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
This bill modifies the eligibility criteria for an elderly offender to qualify for early release from prison and placement in home detention.
Specifically, it reduces the amount of a prison term an elderly offender must serve by the amount of good time credits earned by the offender.
What's happening now
Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 392.
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