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S.312: COVID–19 Safer Detention Act of 2021
About This Bill
- Introduced Feb. 12, 2021
- Latest Major Action June 8, 2021
- See the one similar bills introduced in other congresses.
Bill Sponsor
Bill Cosponsors
9 (4 Democrats, 5 Republicans)
Bill Versions
- Reported to Senate - June 8, 2021
- Introduced in Senate - Feb. 12, 2021
Bill Summary
COVID-19 Safer Detention Act of 2021 This bill expands statutory authority for federal prisoners to be released before completing their sentences or to be placed in the community to serve the final portion of their sentences. First, the bill makes changes to the early release pilot program which authorizes the Bureau of Prisons to release early and place on home confinement elderly offenders and terminally ill offenders who meet eligibility...
(Source: Library of Congress)
Bill Actions
| Date | Description |
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| June 8, 2021 |
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 68.
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| June 8, 2021 |
Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Durbin with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
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| May 27, 2021 |
Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
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| Feb. 12, 2021 |
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
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| Feb. 12, 2021 |
Introduced in the Senate by Richard J. Durbin (D-Ill.) |