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H.R. 262: Federal Death Penalty Prohibition Act

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H.R. 262: Federal Death Penalty Prohibition Act

117th Congress · introduced 2021-01-11 · Crime and Law Enforcement · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2021-01-11 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Pressley, Ayanna [D-MA-7] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

Federal Death Penalty Prohibition Act

Plain summary

Federal Death Penalty Prohibition Act This bill prohibits the imposition of a death penalty sentence for a violation of federal law. A person sentenced to death before enactment of this bill must be resentenced.

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Official text

Federal Death Penalty Prohibition Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Pressley, Ayanna [D-MA-7] · 79 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Alma S. Adams (D-NC), Nanette Diaz Barragán (D-CA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D-GA), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Katherine M. Clark (D-MA), Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Danny K. Davis (D-IL), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Suzan K. DelBene (D-WA), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Jesús G. "Chuy" García (D-IL), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Hakeem S. Jeffries (D-NY), Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Jimmy Gomez (D-CA), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Betty McCollum (D-MN), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Adam Smith (D-WA), Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Lori Trahan (D-MA), Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY) and 19 more.

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Pressley, Ayanna [D-MA-7] reported raising $1.3 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong117-hr262 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117