House Bill 4018
116th Congress(2019-2020)
To provide that the amount of time that an elderly offender must serve before being eligible for placement in home detention is to be reduced by the amount of good time credits earned by the prisoner, and for other purposes.
Active
Passed House on Dec 3, 2019
Origin Chamber
House
Type
Bill
Bill
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Bill Number
4018
Congress
116
Policy Area
Crime and Law Enforcement
Crime and Law Enforcement
Primary focus of measure is criminal offenses, investigation and prosecution, procedure and sentencing; corrections and imprisonment; juvenile crime; law enforcement administration. Measures concerning terrorism may fall under Emergency Management or International Affairs policy areas.
checkPassed on December 3, 2019
Status
Passed
Type
Voice Vote
Voice Vote
A vote in which the presiding officer states the question, then asks those in favor and against to say "Yea" or "Nay," respectively, and announces the result according to his or her judgment. The names or numbers of senators voting on each side are not recorded.
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H9191)
Summary
This bill modifies the eligibility criteria for an elderly offender to qualify for early release from prison and placement in home detention.
Specifically, it reduces the amount of a prison term an elderly offender must serve by the amount of good time credits earned by the offender.
December 19, 2019
December 3, 2019
November 26, 2019
July 25, 2019
12/19/2019
Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 392.
12/18/2019
Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
12/04/2019
Received in the Senate.
12/03/2019
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
12/03/2019
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H9191)
12/03/2019
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H9191)
12/03/2019
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4018.
12/03/2019
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H9191-9192)
12/03/2019
Mr. Deutch moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
11/26/2019
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 252.
11/26/2019
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 116-311.
09/10/2019
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 28 - 8.
09/10/2019
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
09/10/2019
Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security Discharged.
08/28/2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
07/25/2019
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
07/25/2019
Introduced in House
Public Record
Record Updated
Nov 1, 2022 1:50:20 PM