PA Bill Number: SB945
Title: Consolidating the act of August 9, 1955 (P.L.323, No.130), known as The County Code; and making repeals.
Description: Consolidating the act of August 9, 1955 (P.L.323, No.130), known as The County Code; and making repeals. ...
Last Action: Third consideration and final passage (199-0)
Last Action Date: Apr 17, 2024
Proposed Federal House Legislation HR1392
Legislation Overview
Title: Recognizing "Banned Books Week" and the sweeping attacks on books in the United States today, acknowledging the central role books play in promoting democratic and civil discourse, and urging recognition of the illegitimate tactics being used to ban books in K-12 classrooms, universities, prisons, and libraries.
Subject: Civil rights and liberties, minority issues
Description: Recognizing "Banned Books Week" and the sweeping attacks on books in the United States today, acknowledging the central role books play in promoting democratic and civil discourse, and urging recognition of the illegitimate tactics being used to ban books in K-12 classrooms, universities, prisons, and libraries.
Session: 117th Congress
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
Last Action Date: November 1, 2022
Link: https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-resolution/1392/all-info
Sponsors
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29 sponsors: Jamie Raskin (D); Suzanne Bonamici (D); Jamaal Bowman (D); Veronica Escobar (D); Raul Grijalva (D); Jared Huffman (D); Henry Johnson (D); Eleanor Norton (D); Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D); Rashida Tlaib (D); Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D); Bonnie Coleman (D); Carolyn Maloney (D); Mark Pocan (D); Kweisi Mfume (D); Sean Casten (D); Mark DeSaulnier (D); John Larson (D); Jesus Garcia (D); Stephen Lynch (D); Ruben Gallego (D); David Trone (D); Adriano Espaillat (D); Joe Courtney (D); David Scott (D); Ilhan Omar (D); Mondaire Jones (D); Earl Blumenauer (D); Judy Chu (D)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Nov 1 2022 | Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties. |
| House | Sep 22 2022 | Introduced in House |
| House | Sep 22 2022 | Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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. |
Texts
| Type | Date | Federal Link | Text |
| Introduced | Sep 23 2022 | federal bill text | bill text |
Amendments
| Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted |
| There are no amendments to this bill at this time | |||||
Committee
Chamber: H
Committee Name: Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties
Votes
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