A bill to provide for programs to help reduce the risk that prisoners will recidivate upon release from prison, and for other purposes.
The bill’s titles are written by its sponsor.
Sponsor and status
115th Congress (2017–2019)
Provisions of this bill were incorporated into other bills which were enacted.
This bill was incorporated into:
2 Cosponsors (1 Republican, 1 Democrat)
Position statements
History
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Aug 3, 2017
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Final Bill —
Passed Senate (House next)
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May 7, 2018
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Introduced
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Jul 25, 2018
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Final Bill —
Passed House with Changes (back to Senate)
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Dec 18, 2018
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Final Bill —
Passed Senate with Changes (back to House)
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Dec 20, 2018
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Final Bill —
House Agreed to Changes
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Dec 21, 2018
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Final Bill —
Enacted — Signed by the President
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S. 2795 (115th) was a bill in the United States Congress.
A bill must be passed by both the House and Senate in identical form and then be signed by the President to become law.
Bills numbers restart every two years. That means there are other bills with the number S. 2795. This is the one from the 115th Congress.
This bill was introduced in the 115th Congress, which met from Jan 3, 2017 to Jan 3, 2019. Legislation not passed by the end of a Congress is cleared from the books.
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