S 4034
116th Congress
Senate
Crime and Law Enforcement
Administrative remedies
Aging
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Department of Justice
Detention of persons
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Judicial review and appeals
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
COVID–19 Safer Detention Act of 2020
Introduced: June 22, 2020
Introduced by:
Durbin, Richard J.
Democratic
· Illinois
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 22, 2020
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR S3127-3128)
Jun 22, 2020
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
COVID-19 Safer Detention Act of 2020
This bill modifies programs that allow for early release of certain federal inmates, including by expanding eligibility for the Elderly Home Detention Pilot Program and making vulnerability to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) a basis for compassionate release during the public health emergency.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR S3127-3128)
Committees of jurisdiction
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