119th Congress
S. 720
Empowering and Enforcing Environmental Justice Act of 2025
- Introduced
- In committee
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To President
- Became law
- Sponsor
- Alex Padilla(D-CA)
- Introduced
- Feb 25, 2025
- Policy area
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Committees
- Senate Committee on the Judiciary
- Official text
- Introduced in Senate · Congress.gov page
Cosponsors (11)
Original cosponsors (10)
- Adam B. Schiff (D-CA)
- Bernard Sanders (I-VT)
- Chris Van Hollen (D-MD)
- Cory A. Booker (D-NJ)
- Edward J. Markey (D-MA)
- Jeff Merkley (D-OR)
- Richard Blumenthal (D-CT)
- Ron Wyden (D-OR)
- Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI)
- Tammy Duckworth (D-IL)
Added later (1)
- Richard J. Durbin (D-IL) · Feb 27, 2025
Summary
No Congressional Research Service summary yet. CRS usually publishes one a few weeks after a bill is introduced.
Official title: A bill to establish an Office of Environmental Justice within the Department of Justice, and for other purposes.
Latest action(Feb 25, 2025): Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S1350)
Roll-call votes
No recorded votes on this bill.
Actions
- Feb 25, 2025 · Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S1350) - Feb 25, 2025
Introduced in Senate