United States · Bill · S
S. 1721 (117th)
Eric’s Law
Introduced
19 May 2021
Last action
19 May 2021 · Introduced
Status
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Sponsors
Sen. Toomey, Patrick [R-PA], Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX], Sen. Braun, Mike [R-IN]
Subjects
Discovery layer
Source updated
10 August 2026
Summary
Eric's Law This bill modifies procedures with respect to capital sentencing hearings. If a jury at a capital sentencing hearing does not reach a unanimous recommendation on the defendant's sentence and there is a motion by the attorney for the government, the court must order a new special sentencing hearing and impanel a new jury. If the new jury at the special sentencing hearing does not reach a unanimous recommendation on the defendant's sentence, then the court is prohibited from imposing a death sentence.
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Timeline
19 May 2021
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Source: IntroReferral
19 May 2021
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
Votes
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Versions
- Introduced in Senate · 19 May 2021 · Download file
Documents
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Sponsors
- Sen. Toomey, Patrick [R-PA] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Braun, Mike [R-IN] · R · Cosponsor
- · ssju00 · Standing
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Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/1721
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/s/1721
- us · 117-s-1721 · source updated 10 August 2026