H.R.8940

Federal Death Penalty Prohibition Act

Introduced·5/20/26
Introduced

H. R. 8940

Introduced in House · June 2, 2026

May 20, 2026

Ms. Pressley (for herself, Ms. Brown, Mr. Carter of Louisiana, Mr. Cleaver, Ms. Dean of Pennsylvania, Ms. DeGette, Mr. Frost, Mr. Garcia of California, Mr. Jackson of Illinois, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Ms. Kelly of Illinois, Ms. Lee of Pennsylvania, Ms. Mejia, Mr. Mullin, Ms. Norton, Mrs. Ramirez, Ms. Schakowsky, Ms. Simon, Ms. Tlaib, Ms. Wilson of Florida, Mr. Pallone, and Mr. Evans of Pennsylvania) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

A BILL

To prohibit the imposition of the death penalty for any violation of Federal law, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. Short title.

This Act may be cited as the “Federal Death Penalty Prohibition Act”.