S. 488
116th Congress
Senate
Justice for Victims of Lynching Act of 2019
Official title: A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to specify lynching as a deprivation of civil rights, and for other purposes.
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7 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 22, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Feb 14, 2019
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Feb 14, 2019
Received in the House.
Feb 14, 2019
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Feb 14, 2019
Introduced in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Voice Vote. (consideration: CR S1346-1347; text: CR S1347)
Feb 14, 2019
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Introduced in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Voice Vote.(consideration: CR S1346-1347; text: CR S1347)
Feb 14, 2019
Introduced in Senate
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Plain-English summary
Justice for Victims of Lynching Act of 2019
This bill establishes a new criminal civil rights violation for lynching.
Specifically, a person who conspires to commit certain civil rights offenses (e.g., a hate crime act) is subject to criminal penalties.
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- Referred in House Formatted Text PDF Formatted XML
Committees of jurisdiction
2
Cosponsors
37
D
Baldwin, Tammy
D
Bennet, Michael F.
D
Blumenthal, Richard
D
Booker, Cory A.
R
Capito, Shelley Moore
R
Cassidy, Bill
R
Collins, Susan M.
D
Coons, Christopher A.
D
Cortez Masto, Catherine
D
Duckworth, Tammy
D
Durbin, Richard J.
R
Ernst, Joni
R
Fischer, Deb
D
Gillibrand, Kirsten E.
R
Grassley, Chuck
D
Hassan, Margaret Wood
R
Hyde-Smith, Cindy
Isakson, Johnny
D
Kaine, Tim
I
King, Angus S., Jr.
D
Klobuchar, Amy
R
Lankford, James
D
Markey, Edward J.
R
Murkowski, Lisa
D
Murphy, Christopher
D
Murray, Patty
D
Reed, Jack
I
Sanders, Bernard
R
Scott, Tim
D
Shaheen, Jeanne
D
Smith, Tina
R
Tillis, Thomas
D
Van Hollen, Chris
D
Warner, Mark R.
D
Warren, Elizabeth
D
Whitehouse, Sheldon
D
Wyden, Ron
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