S 5247
117th Congress
Senate
Crime and Law Enforcement
Equal Justice Under Law Act of 2022
Introduced: December 13, 2022
Introduced by:
Booker, Cory A.
Democratic
· New Jersey
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Dec 13, 2022
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Dec 13, 2022
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Equal Justice Under Law Act of 2022
This bill authorizes the use of class action suits as a remedy if a state or political subdivision of a state systemically fails to provide indigent defendants with effective counsel at critical stages of their prosecutions, including at bail hearings.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Committees of jurisdiction
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