S 3698
118th Congress
Senate
Law
Disability and health-based discrimination
District of Columbia
Federal district courts
Specialized courts
Words Matter for the District of Columbia Courts Act
Everywhere this bill has been
10 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 27, 2024
Held at the desk.
Sep 27, 2024
Received in the House.
Sep 26, 2024
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Sep 25, 2024
Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S6466; text: CR S6466)
Sep 25, 2024
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
Sep 10, 2024
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 498.
Sep 10, 2024
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Peters without amendment. With written report No. 118-219.
Apr 10, 2024
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Jan 31, 2024
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Jan 31, 2024
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Words Matter for the District of Columbia Courts Act
This bill amends sections of the Code of the District of Columbia to replace the term mentally retarded with the term moderate intellectual disabilities.
Specifically, the bill replaces the term in sections of the code for the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, and the Family Court of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.
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Held at the desk.
Committees of jurisdiction
1
Cosponsors
1