US Congress House Joint Resolution 106 (Prior Session Legislation)

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April 26 2012 - Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits denial or abridgement of the rights of a crime victim to fairness, respect, and dignity. Grants a crime victim the right: (1) to reasonable notice of, and to not be excluded from, public proceedings relating to the offense; (2) to be heard at any release, plea, sentencing, or other such proceeding involving any right established under this amendment; (3) to proceedings free from unreasonable delay; (4) to reasonable notice of the release or escape of the accused; (5) to due consideration of the crime victim's safety; and (6) to restitution. Grants the crime victim, or the victim's lawful representative, standing to fully assert and enforce such rights in any court.

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to protect the rights of crime victims.

Rep Franks, Trent	Rep Bilbray, Brian P.	Rep Boren, Dan	Rep Calvert, Ken
Rep Chabot, Steve	Rep Coble, Howard	Rep Costa, Jim	Rep Flake, Jeff
Rep Fleming, John	Rep Gallegly, Elton	Rep Gosar, Paul A.	Rep Jones, Walter B., Jr.
Rep Lungren, Daniel E.	Rep Marchant, Kenny	Rep Miller, Gary G.	Rep Pence, Mike
Rep Quayle, Benjamin	Rep Royce, Edward R.	Rep Schweikert, David

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-04-26	House	Subcommittee Hearings Held.
2012-04-09	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
2012-03-26	House	Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Type	Source
Summary	http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d112:HJ00106:@@@L&summ2=m&
Text	http://gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-112hjres106ih/pdf/BILLS-112hjres106ih.pdf