S 960
119th Congress
Senate
Crime and Law Enforcement
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Crime victims
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal procedure and sentencing
U.S. Sentencing Commission
Violent crime
Justice for Murder Victims Act
Everywhere this bill has been
6 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 14, 2025
Held at the desk.
Mar 14, 2025
Received in the House.
Mar 12, 2025
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Mar 11, 2025
Introduced in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S1675-1676; text: CR S1676)
Mar 11, 2025
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Introduced in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
Mar 11, 2025
Introduced in Senate
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Plain-English summary
Justice for Murder Victims Act
This bill allows a prosecution to be instituted for any federal homicide offense without regard to the time that elapsed between the act or omission that caused the death of the victim and the death of the victim.
What's happening now
Held at the desk.
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Bill text
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Cosponsors
2
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 960: Justice for Murder Victims Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-960/
"S. 960: Justice for Murder Victims Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-960/.
S. 960, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-960/.
[S. 960: Justice for Murder Victims Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-960/)