H.Res. 55: Honoring the life of Trayvon Martin, urging the repeal of Stand Your Ground laws, and calling on the United States Government to address the crisis of racial profiling.

Introduced:
Feb 05, 2013 (113th Congress, 2013–2015)
Sponsor:
Rep. Frederica Wilson [D-FL24]
Status:
Referred to Committee

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This resolution was assigned to a congressional committee on February 5, 2013, which will consider it before possibly sending it on to the House or Senate as a whole.

Progress
Introduced Feb 05, 2013
Referred to Committee Feb 05, 2013
Reported by Committee ...
Agreed To (Simple Resolution) ...
Prognosis

3% chance of getting past committee.
3% chance of being agreed to.

Only 27% of House simple resolutions made it past committee and only 26% were agreed to in 2011–2013. [show factors | methodology]

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Last updated Feb 05, 2013.
4 pages

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2/5/2013--Introduced.
Condemns unfounded reliance on Stand Your Ground laws to protect actions that extend far beyond historical use of self-defense.
Urges state legislatures to reject or repeal Stand Your Ground legislation.
Commits to developing incentives for states to find alternatives to such legislation, such as grants for community policing.
Encourages states to create penalties for individuals found to have caused substantive harm through racial profiling.
Urges the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights to seek to elevate the social status of black males by undertaking studies to understand and correct the underlying causes of higher rates of school expulsions and suspensions, homicides, incarceration, poverty, violence, and drug abuse, as well as income, health, and educational disparities.

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