Homicide Victims’ Families’ Rights Act of 2022

United States117th CongressS-4549Senate
Updated: Jul 19, 2022

Summary

Homicide Victims' Families' Rights Act of 2022 This bill establishes a framework for immediate family members of a victim of murder under federal law to request a review of the victim's case file if the murder was committed more than three years prior, the murder was investigated by a federal law enforcement entity, all probative investigative leads have been exhausted, and no likely perpetrator has been identified.

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Timeline

Latest companion bill action

HR-3359: Homicide Victims' Families' Rights Act of 2021

Became Public Law No: 117-164.

  1. Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

    Senate

  2. Introduced in Senate

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