US Congress House Bill 5124 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 17-0)
Status: Introduced on April 29 2016 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-05-17 - Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
Pending: House Subcommittee on the Constitution And Civil Justice Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Equal Justice Under Law Act of 2016 This bill states that an indigent individual facing criminal prosecution or juvenile delinquency in a state court is entitled to the effective assistance of counsel, as guaranteed by the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments, at the state's expense. The bill authorizes a federal class action lawsuit against a state for its systemic failure to guarantee the right to effective assistance of counsel. The assistance of counsel is ineffective when a class of individuals demonstrates that counsel's performance was not reasonable under prevailing professional norms.

Equal Justice Under Law Act of 2016

Rep. Sean Maloney [D-NY]	Rep. Hakeem Jeffries [D-NY]	Rep. Theodore Deutch [D-FL]	Rep. Cedric Richmond [D-LA]
Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D-NY]	Rep. John Conyers [D-MI]	Rep. John Lewis [D-GA]	Rep. David Cicilline [D-RI]
Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]	Rep. Jose Serrano [D-NY]	Rep. Charles Rangel [D-NY]	Rep. Frederica Wilson [D-FL]
Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]	Rep. Brenda Lawrence [D-MI]	Rep. Elijah Cummings [D-MD]	Rep. Tony Cardenas [D-CA]
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz [D-FL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-05-17	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
2016-05-17	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
2016-04-29	House	Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
2016-04-29	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/5124/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr5124/BILLS-114hr5124ih.pdf