HJRES 216
In committee
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to prohibit the use of slavery and involuntary servitude as a punishment for a crime.
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Latest action, 15-SEP-2026: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
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- Judiciary Committee (House)
Crime and Law Enforcement
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54 Democrats
- Gabe Amo
- Nanette Diaz Barragán
- Joyce Beatty
- Ami Bera
- Donald S. Beyer
- Sanford D. Bishop
- Troy A. Carter
- Greg Casar
- Judy Chu
- Yvette D. Clarke
- Emanuel Cleaver
- Diana DeGette
- Mark DeSaulnier
- Madeleine Dean
- Suzan K. DelBene
- Christopher R. Deluzio
- Maxine Dexter
- Maxwell Frost
- Jesús G. "Chuy" García
- Steven Horsford
- Jared Huffman
- Jonathan L. Jackson
- Henry C. "Hank" Johnson
- Sydney Kamlager-Dove
- Robin L. Kelly
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- Raja Krishnamoorthi
- Summer L. Lee
- Susie Lee
- Ted Lieu
- Stephen F. Lynch
- Jennifer L. McClellan
- Gwen Moore
- Seth Moulton
- Eleanor Holmes Norton
- Ilhan Omar
- Jimmy Panetta
- Scott H. Peters
- Chellie Pingree
- Ayanna Pressley
- Mike Quigley
- Delia C. Ramirez
- Mary Gay Scanlon
- Janice D. Schakowsky
- Terri A. Sewell
- Lateefah Simon
- Melanie A. Stansbury
- Mark Takano
- Rashida Tlaib
- Lori Trahan
- Lauren Underwood
- Nydia M. Velázquez
- Debbie Wasserman Schultz
- Bonnie Watson Coleman
- Frederica S. Wilson