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Bill · 119th Congress · S 960

Justice for Murder Victims Act

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Introduced 2025-03-11Topic: criminal justice

Summary

Summary by the Congressional Research Service

Justice for Murder Victims Act This bill allows a prosecution to be instituted for any federal homicide offense without regard to the time that elapsed between the act or omission that caused the death of the victim and the death of the victim.

Full text and official record on Congress.gov

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Action history

DateChamberActionStatus effect
2025-03-14HouseHeld at the desk.
2025-03-14HouseReceived in the House.
2025-03-12SenateMessage on Senate action sent to the House.
2025-03-11SenateIntroduced in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S1675-1676; text: CR S1676)
2025-03-11Passed/agreed to in Senate: Introduced in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Unanimous Consent.floor pass
2025-03-11Introduced in Senateintroduce
Source: GovInfo Bill Status (Library of Congress), fetched 2026-09-11. Provisions and opinion polling arrive in a later release.