U.S. House · 118th Congress · H.R. 6298
Stop Shackling and Detaining Pregnant Women Act
To safeguard the humane treatment of pregnant women by ensuring the presumption of release and prohibiting shackling, restraining, and other inhumane treatment of pregnant detained noncitizens, and for other purposes.
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- Sponsor
- Sylvia R. GarciaD-TX-29
- Introduced
- November 8, 2023, in the House
- Issue areas
- Policy area
- Crime and Law Enforcement (from the Congressional Research Service)
- Full text and actions
- congress.gov
Votes on this bill (0)
Neither the House nor the Senate has held a roll-call vote on this bill.
Cosponsors (17)
17 Democrats. Each member is shown with the party they were counted with on the day they signed on. How we count these
Original cosponsors
- Troy A. CarterD-LA-2
- Jasmine CrockettD-TX-30
- Diana DeGetteD-CO-1
- Jesús G. "Chuy" GarcíaD-IL-4
- Raúl M. GrijalvaD-AZ-7
- Sheila Jackson LeeD-TX-18
- Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.D-GA-4
- Sydney Kamlager-DoveD-CA-37
- Barbara LeeD-CA-12
- Gwen MooreD-WI-4
- Eleanor Holmes NortonD-DC-AL
- Andrea SalinasD-OR-6
- Janice D. SchakowskyD-IL-9
- Bonnie Watson ColemanD-NJ-12
Signed on later
- Summer L. LeeD-PA-12November 14, 2023
- Lois FrankelD-FL-22November 21, 2023
- Teresa Leger FernandezD-NM-3November 28, 2023