US HB97 | 2021-2022 | 117th Congress

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 86-0)
Status: Introduced on January 4 2021 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2021-03-01 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Summary

To abolish the death penalty under Federal law.

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Title

Federal Death Penalty Abolition Act of 2021

Sponsors

Rep. Adriano Espaillat [D-NY]Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI]Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]
Rep. Ilhan Omar [D-MN]Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]Rep. Rashida Tlaib [D-MI]Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]
Rep. Nydia Velazquez [D-NY]Rep. Nanette Barragan [D-CA]Rep. Jesus Garcia [D-IL]Rep. Julia Brownley [D-CA]
Rep. Thomas Suozzi [D-NY]Rep. John Sarbanes [D-MD]Rep. Mark DeSaulnier [D-CA]Rep. Susan Wild [D-PA]
Rep. Anna Eshoo [D-CA]Rep. Tony Cardenas [D-CA]Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]Rep. Juan Vargas [D-CA]
Rep. Gregory Meeks [D-NY]Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY]Rep. Dwight Evans [D-PA]Rep. Robin Kelly [D-IL]
Rep. Ro Khanna [D-CA]Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]Rep. Betty McCollum [D-MN]Rep. Brenda Lawrence [D-MI]
Rep. Ted Lieu [D-CA]Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]Rep. Veronica Escobar [D-TX]Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]
Rep. Jamie Raskin [D-MD]Rep. Karen Bass [D-CA]Rep. Donald Payne [D-NJ]Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]
Rep. Bonnie Coleman [D-NJ]Rep. David Trone [D-MD]Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL]Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]
Rep. Anthony Brown [D-MD]Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon [D-PA]Rep. Alan Lowenthal [D-CA]
Rep. Grace Meng [D-NY]Rep. Jim Cooper [D-TN]Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]Rep. Lori Trahan [D-MA]
Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA]Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D-NY]Rep. Don Beyer [D-VA]Rep. Tom Malinowski [D-NJ]
Rep. Madeleine Dean [D-PA]Rep. Jackie Speier [D-CA]Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]Rep. Andy Levin [D-MI]
Rep. Joseph Morelle [D-NY]Rep. Nikema Williams [D-GA]Rep. Jahana Hayes [D-CT]Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]
Rep. Ritchie Torres [D-NY]Rep. David Cicilline [D-RI]Rep. Danny Davis [D-IL]Rep. Mondaire Jones [D-NY]
Rep. Marie Newman [D-IL]Rep. Frank Pallone [D-NJ]Rep. Robert Scott [D-VA]Rep. Rebecca Sherrill [D-NJ]
Rep. Marilyn Strickland [D-WA]Rep. Pramila Jayapal [D-WA]Rep. Michael San Nicolas [D-GU]Rep. Jamaal Bowman [D-NY]
Rep. Dean Phillips [D-MN]Rep. Jared Huffman [D-CA]Rep. Hakeem Jeffries [D-NY]Rep. Donald McEachin [D-VA]
Rep. Mark Takano [D-CA]Rep. John Garamendi [D-CA]Rep. Teresa Fernandez [D-NM]Rep. Emanuel Cleaver [D-MO]
Rep. Maxine Waters [D-CA]Rep. Sara Jacobs [D-CA]Rep. Kaialii Kahele [D-HI]Rep. Jennifer Wexton [D-VA]
Rep. Albio Sires [D-NJ]Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez [D-NY]

History

DateChamberAction
2021-03-01HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
2021-01-04HouseReferred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2021-01-04HouseIntroduced in House

Same As/Similar To

HB262 (Related) 2021-03-04 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
SB582 (Related) 2021-03-03 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR S1030)

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