House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Women in Criminal Justice Reform Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedApr 5, 2022
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 1, 2022 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7394.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. BASS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 168, No. 60, April 5, 2022, Page H4191):Article I, Section 1 of the United States Constitution, providing--``All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives.''Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 5, 2022 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 222 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7394, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/7394
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 3, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of January 3, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
17 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 16 Democrats
1 of 17 cosponsors (6%) are from the other party.
Shontel Brown (D-OH), Cori Bush (D-MO), Troy Carter (D-LA), Danny Davis (D-IL), Lois Frankel (D-FL), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Brenda Lawrence (D-MI), Nancy Mace (R-SC), Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), Terri Sewell (D-AL), Jackie Speier (D-CA), Eric Swalwell (D-CA), David Trone (D-MD), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ).
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Karen Bass.
- H.R. 7240 (117th) READ Act Reauthorization Act of 2022
- H.R. 6878 (117th) Pregnant Women in Custody Act
- H.R. 965 (117th) YALI Act of 2021
- H.Res. 294 (117th) Encouraging reunions of divided Korean-American families.
- H.R. 3372 (117th) One Stop Shop Community Reentry Program Act of 2022
- H.R. 1280 (117th) George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2021
Related bills
- H.R. 8976 (119th) Women in Criminal Justice Reform ActCross-Congress related bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 16, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.