House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Federal Death Penalty Prohibition Act
Official title: To prohibit the imposition of the death penalty for any violation of Federal law, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Ayanna Pressley D-MAWhere it went
- IntroducedMay 20, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 20, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8940.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. PRESSLEY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 86, May 20, 2026, Page H3670):Article 1 Section 8 Clause 18Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 20, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 29 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8940, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/8940
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 16, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 19, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
1a6ba4f8d9dd4c802248d3a0bf894a5eacc718d3c70770b1c2d4634cf1fe900a
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 October 16, 2026). 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
35 cosponsors — 35 Democrats
0 of 35 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Becca Balint (D-VT), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Shontel Brown (D-OH), Troy Carter (D-LA), Judy Chu (D-CA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Maxine Dexter (D-OR), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Maxwell Frost (D-FL), Robert Garcia (D-CA), Jesús García (D-IL), James Himes (D-CT), Jonathan Jackson (D-IL), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Robin Kelly (D-IL), Summer Lee (D-PA), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Jennifer McClellan (D-VA), James McGovern (D-MA), Analilia Mejia (D-NJ), Kevin Mullin (D-CA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Frank Pallone (D-NJ), Delia Ramirez (D-IL) and 5 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Ayanna Pressley.
- H.Res. 965 (119th) Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1689) to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to designate Haiti for temporary…
- H.R. 5889 (119th) Eviction Helpline Act
- H.J.Res. 80 (119th) Establishing the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment.
- H.R. 4611 (119th) EACH Act of 2025
- H.R. 5657 (119th) Fair Pay for Federal Contractors Act of 2025
- H.R. 40 (119th) Commission to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans Act
Related bills
- S. 4608 (119th) Federal Death Penalty Prohibition ActIdentical bill
- H.R. 4633 (118th) Federal Death Penalty Prohibition ActCross-Congress related bill
- S. 2299 (118th) Federal Death Penalty Prohibition ActCross-Congress related bill
- H.R. 262 (117th) Federal Death Penalty Prohibition ActCross-Congress related bill
- S. 582 (117th) Federal Death Penalty Prohibition ActCross-Congress related bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Oct 19, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.