S 575
117th Congress
Senate
Crime and Law Enforcement
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Hate crimes
Racial and ethnic relations
Violent crime
Marie Thompson Antilynching Act
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 3, 2021
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Mar 3, 2021
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Marie Thompson Antilynching Act
This bill establishes a new criminal civil rights violation for lynching.
Specifically, a person who conspires to commit a hate crime act and willfully causes or attempts to cause serious bodily injury is subject to criminal penalties.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Committees of jurisdiction
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