US S488

Bill

US S488

Justice for Victims of Lynching Act of 2019

Introduced
02/14/2019

In Committee
03/22/2019

Crossed Over
02/14/2019

Passed

Dead
12/31/2020

Introduced Session

116th Congress

Bill Summary

Justice for Victims of Lynching Act of 2019 Justice for Victims of Lynching Act of 2019 This bill establishes a new criminal civil rights violation for lynching. Specifically, a person who conspires to commit certain civil rights offenses (e.g., a hate crime act) is subject to criminal penalties.

AI Summary

This bill establishes a new criminal civil rights violation for lynching. Specifically, it makes it a federal crime to conspire with another person to violate certain civil rights laws, such as those prohibiting hate crimes or housing discrimination. The bill includes findings that lynching was a widely practiced crime in the United States, especially against African Americans, and that Congress has previously failed to pass anti-lynching legislation despite numerous attempts. The bill seeks to finally make lynching a federal crime, recognizing it as a pernicious tool used to interfere with various civil rights.

Committee Categories

Justice, Military Affairs and Security

Sponsors (48)

Kamala Harris (D)*, Tammy Baldwin (D), Michael Bennet (D), Richard Blumenthal (D), Cory Booker (D), Sherrod Brown (D), Shelley Moore Capito (R), Ben Cardin (D), Bill Cassidy (R), Susan Collins (R), Chris Coons (D), Catherine Cortez Masto (D), Tammy Duckworth (D), Dick Durbin (D), Joni Ernst (R), Dianne Feinstein (D), Deb Fischer (R), Kirsten Gillibrand (D), Chuck Grassley (R), Maggie Hassan (D), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R), James Inhofe (R), Johnny Isakson (R), Doug Jones (D), Tim Kaine (D), Angus King (I), Amy Klobuchar (D), James Lankford (R), Patrick Leahy (D), Ed Markey (D), Lisa Murkowski (R), Chris Murphy (D), Patty Murray (D), David Perdue (R), Rob Portman (R), Jack Reed (D), Marco Rubio (R), Bernie Sanders (I), Tim Scott (R), Jeanne Shaheen (D), Tina Smith (D), Debbie Stabenow (D), Thom Tillis (R), Chris Van Hollen (D), Mark Warner (D), Elizabeth Warren (D), Sheldon Whitehouse (D), Ron Wyden (D),

Last Action

Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. (on 03/22/2019)

Official Document

https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/488/all-info

(7 Companion Bills)

Version:

Document Type	Source Location
State Bill Page	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/488/all-info
BillText	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s488/BILLS-116s488cps.pdf
Bill	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s488/BILLS-116s488cps.pdf.pdf
BillText	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s488/BILLS-116s488es.pdf
Bill	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s488/BILLS-116s488es.pdf.pdf

Bill	Bill Name	Last Action	Type
HR35	Emmett Till Antilynching Act	Received in the Senate.	Related
HR3536	Justice for Victims of Lynching Act of 2019	Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.	Same As
HR7120	George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2020	Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 490.	Related
HR7278	JUSTICE Act Just and Unifying Solutions To Invigorate Communities Everywhere Act of 2020	Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on House Administration, and the Budget, 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.	Related
HRes1017	Providing for consideration of the bill (H.B. 51) to provide for the admission of the State of Washington, D.C. into the Union; providing for consideration of the bill (H.B. 1425) to amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to provide for a Improve Health Insurance Affordability Fund to provide for certain reinsurance payments to lower premiums in the individual health insurance market; providing for consideration of the bill (H.B. 5332) to amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act to ensu	Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.	Similar To
S3912	Justice in Policing Act of 2020	Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.	Related
S3985	JUSTICE Act Just and Unifying Solutions To Invigorate Communities Everywhere Act of 2020	Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. (CR S7995)	Related

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