118th Congress Crime and Law Enforcement
S. 3859: Justice for Murder Victims Act
Passed Senate
- Introduced (completed)
- Passed Senate (completed)
- Passed House (not reached)
- To the President (not reached)
- Became law (not reached)
Summary
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.
Written by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.
Roll calls
No roll call votes have been held on this bill.
Amendments
No amendments were offered to this bill.
Cosponsors
- Jon Ossoff D-GAOriginal
Who scored on this bill
- 1Charles Grassley SponsorDrew cross-party cosponsors, introduced, passed Senate3 events+36
- 2Jon OssoffCosponsored; cosponsored bill passed2 events+4
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History
- Introduced in the Senate by Charles Grassley. Passed the Senate by unanimous consent.
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- Received in the House.
- Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- Held at the desk.
- Introduced in Senate
- Passed/agreed to in Senate: Introduced in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
- Introduced in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S1089-1090; text: CR S1089-1090)