Homicide Victims’ Families’ Rights Act of 2022
Summary
Homicide Victims' Families' Rights Act of 2022 This bill establishes a framework for immediate family members of a victim of murder under federal law to request a review of the victim's case file if the murder was committed more than three years prior, the murder was investigated by a federal law enforcement entity, all probative investigative leads have been exhausted, and no likely perpetrator has been identified.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jul 2022
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced Jul 19, 2022
Last action Jul 19, 2022
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Committee
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Jul 19, 2022
Committee
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
upper
Jul 19, 2022
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
upper
1 primary · 8 co-sponsors
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