Words Matter for the District of Columbia Courts Act

3.0.0 3698 2025-12-05T08:46:53Z 2025-12-05T08:46:53Z Senate S S 2024-01-31 118 https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/3698 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Standing Reported By 2024-09-10T15:11:07Z Markup By 2024-04-10T14:00:06Z Referred To 2024-01-31T16:20:21Z S. Rept. 118-219 Words Matter for the District of Columbia Courts Act 118 6163 HR 2023-11-01 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability. Identical bill CRS 2024-09-27 10:04:06 Held at the desk. Floor H15000 2 House floor actions 2024-09-27 10:02:40 Received in the House. Floor H14000 2 House floor actions 2024-09-26 Senate Message on Senate action sent to the House. Floor 2024-09-25 Senate Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S6466; text: CR S6466) Floor 2024-09-25 Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. Floor 17000 9 Library of Congress 2024-09-10 Senate Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 498. Calendars 2024-09-10 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Peters without amendment. With written report No. 118-219. Committee 2024-09-10 Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Peters without amendment. With written report No. 118-219. Committee 14000 9 Library of Congress ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee 2024-04-10 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably. Committee 2024-01-31 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. IntroReferral 2024-01-31 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M000934 Sen. Moran, Jerry [R-KS] Jerry Moran R KS N C001070 Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] Bob Casey D PA 2024-01-31 True P000595 Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI] Gary Peters D MI 2024-12-17 False 2024-06-20T18:08:00Z S. 3698, Words Matter for the District of Columbia Courts Act https://www.cbo.gov/publication/60436 As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on April 10, 2024 Law Disability and health-based discrimination 2024-10-03T19:29:02Z District of Columbia 2024-10-03T19:28:57Z Federal district courts 2024-10-03T19:29:13Z Specialized courts 2024-10-03T19:29:07Z Law 2024-02-21T19:45:31Z

55 2024-09-25 Passed Senate 2025-08-28T14:06:09Z Words Matter for the District of Columbia Courts ActThis bill amends sections of the Code of the District of Columbia to replace the term mentally retarded with the term moderate intellectual disabilities.Specifically, the bill replaces the term in sections of the code for the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, and the Family Court of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.

Words Matter for the District of Columbia Courts Act Display Title 45 Words Matter for the District of Columbia Courts Act 2024-12-18T12:03:18Z Short Title(s) as Passed Senate 105 Words Matter for the District of Columbia Courts Act 2024-09-26T09:08:15Z S Senate Engrossed in Senate ES Short Title(s) as Reported to Senate 103 Words Matter for the District of Columbia Courts Act 2024-09-12T00:08:18Z S Senate Reported to Senate RS Short Title(s) as Introduced 101 Words Matter for the District of Columbia Courts Act 2024-05-24T13:34:21Z Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced 6 A bill to amend title 11, District of Columbia Official Code, to revise references in such title to individuals with intellectual disabilities. 2024-02-23T09:08:22Z Introduced in Senate IS Engrossed in Senate 2024-09-25T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-118s3698es/xml/BILLS-118s3698es.xml Reported to Senate 2024-09-10T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-118s3698rs/xml/BILLS-118s3698rs.xml Introduced in Senate 2024-01-31T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-118s3698is/xml/BILLS-118s3698is.xml 2024-09-27 Held at the desk. 10:04:06 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.