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Legislation· Sep 2026
Legislation· Sep 2026H.J.Res. 216 In House committee
Sponsored by Nikema Williams (D)
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to prohibit the use of slavery and involuntary servitude as a punishment for a crime.
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Introduced
(Sep 15, 2026)
House
Committee on the Judiciary(Sep 15, 2026)
- Gabe Amo (D-RI)
- Nanette Diaz Barragán (D-CA)
- Joyce Beatty (D-OH)
- Ami Bera (D-CA)
- Donald S. Beyer (D-VA)
- Sanford D. Bishop (D-GA)
- Troy A. Carter (D-LA)
- Greg Casar (D-TX)
- Judy Chu (D-CA)
- Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO)
- Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ)
- Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY)
- Madeleine Dean (D-PA)
- Suzan K. DelBene (D-WA)
- Diana DeGette (D-CO)
- Christopher R. Deluzio (D-PA)
- Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA)
- Maxine Dexter (D-OR)
- Maxwell Frost (D-FL)
- Jesús G. "Chuy" García (D-IL)
- Steven Horsford (D-NV)
- Jared Huffman (D-CA)
- Jonathan L. Jackson (D-IL)
- Henry C. "Hank" Johnson (D-GA)
- Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-CA)
- Robin L. Kelly (D-IL)
- Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL)
- Susie Lee (D-NV)
- Summer L. Lee (D-PA)
- Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA)
- Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY)
- Jennifer L. McClellan (D-VA)
- Gwen Moore (D-WI)
- Seth Moulton (D-MA)
- Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC)
- Ilhan Omar (D-MN)
- Jimmy Panetta (D-CA)
- Scott H. Peters (D-CA)
- Chellie Pingree (D-ME)
- Ayanna Pressley (D-MA)
- Mike Quigley (D-IL)
- Delia C. Ramirez (D-IL)
- Frederica S. Wilson (D-FL)
- Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA)
- Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL)
- Terri A. Sewell (D-AL)
- Lateefah Simon (D-CA)
- Melanie A. Stansbury (D-NM)
- Mark Takano (D-CA)
- Rashida Tlaib (D-MI)
- Lori Trahan (D-MA)
- Lauren Underwood (D-IL)
- Ted Lieu (D-CA)
- Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL)
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