Women in Criminal Justice Reform Act

H.R. 8976 · 119th Congress · May 21, 2026 · Lineage

A BILL

To provide for improvements in the treatment of women in the legal system.

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Short title— This Act may be cited as the “Women in Criminal Justice Reform Act”.

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Table of contents— The table of contents for this Act is as follows:

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May 21, 2026viewing Introduced in House Ms. Kamlager-Dove (for herself, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Ms. Norton, Mrs. Beatty, Ms. Simon, Mrs. Watson Coleman, and Ms. Lee of Pennsylvania) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned