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HR 4052 116th Congress House Crime and Law Enforcement Criminal procedure and sentencing

To prohibit the imposition of the death penalty for any violation of Federal law, and for other purposes.

Introduced: December 18, 2020 Introduced by: Pressley, Ayanna Democratic · Massachusetts See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
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
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This bill prohibits the imposition of a death penalty sentence for a violation of federal law.

A person sentenced to death before enactment of this bill must be resentenced.

What's happening now August 28, 2019

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

 Related & companion bills 2
  • HR 4022 Related bill Federal Death Penalty Abolition Act of 2019
  • S 2390 Identical bill A bill to prohibit the imposition of the death penalty for any violation of Federal law, and for other purposes.
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 52
All 52 Democratic 42
COOPER, JAMES
· Dec 18, 2020
 D
Jayapal, Pramila
Washington · Dec 18, 2020
 D
Adams, Alma S.
North Carolina · Dec 16, 2020
 D
Gomez, Jimmy
California · Dec 16, 2020
 D
Clark, Katherine M.
Massachusetts · Dec 15, 2020
 D
Dean, Madeleine
Pennsylvania · Dec 15, 2020
 D
Lieu, Ted
California · Dec 15, 2020
 D
McCollum, Betty
Minnesota · Dec 15, 2020
 D
Pallone, Frank
New Jersey · Dec 15, 2020
 D
Thompson, Bennie G.
Mississippi · Dec 15, 2020
 D
Evans, Dwight
Pennsylvania · Dec 14, 2020
 D
Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Dec 14, 2020
 D
Moore, Gwen
Wisconsin · Dec 14, 2020
 D
Welch, Peter
Vermont · Dec 14, 2020
 D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Sep 14, 2020
 D
DeSaulnier, Mark
California · Aug 28, 2020
Sarbanes, John
· Aug 21, 2020
 D
Smith, Adam
Washington · Aug 21, 2020
 D
Khanna, Ro
California · Jul 27, 2020
 D
Trahan, Lori
Massachusetts · Jul 27, 2020
 D
DeGette, Diana
Colorado · Jul 22, 2020
 D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · Jul 22, 2020
 D
Scanlon, Mary Gay
Pennsylvania · Jul 22, 2020
 D
García, Jesús G. "Chuy"
Illinois · Jun 4, 2020
 D
Pocan, Mark
Wisconsin · Dec 18, 2019
Malinowski, Tom
· Nov 12, 2019
 D
Pingree, Chellie
Maine · Oct 11, 2019
 D
Beatty, Joyce
Ohio · Sep 24, 2019
 D
Bishop, Sanford D.
Georgia · Sep 24, 2019
 D
Bonamici, Suzanne
Oregon · Sep 24, 2019
Butterfield, G. K.
· Sep 24, 2019
 D
Clarke, Yvette D.
New York · Sep 24, 2019
 D
Cleaver, Emanuel
Missouri · Sep 24, 2019
 D
Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · Sep 24, 2019
 D
Jeffries, Hakeem S.
New York · Sep 24, 2019
 D
Johnson, Henry C. "Hank"
Georgia · Sep 24, 2019
Lawrence, Brenda
· Sep 24, 2019
LEWIS, JOHN
· Sep 24, 2019
 D
Meeks, Gregory W.
New York · Sep 24, 2019
 D
DelBene, Suzan K.
Washington · Sep 6, 2019
 D
Raskin, Jamie
Maryland · Sep 6, 2019
 D
Velázquez, Nydia M.
New York · Jul 30, 2019
Amash, Justin
· Jul 25, 2019
CLAY, WM.
· Jul 25, 2019
CUMMINGS, ELIJAH
· Jul 25, 2019
Kennedy, Joseph
· Jul 25, 2019
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Jul 25, 2019
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Jul 25, 2019
 D
Ocasio-Cortez, Alexandria
New York · Jul 25, 2019
 D
Omar, Ilhan
Minnesota · Jul 25, 2019
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