United States · Bill · S
S. 4549 (117th)
Homicide Victims’ Families’ Rights Act of 2022
Introduced
19 July 2022
Last action
19 July 2022 · Introduced
Status
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Sponsors
Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX], Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL], Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA], Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE], Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR], Sen. Ossoff, Jon [D-GA], Sen. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN], Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI], Sen. Kennedy, John [R-LA]
Subjects
Discovery layer
Source updated
10 August 2026
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
19 July 2022
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Source: IntroReferral
19 July 2022
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
Votes
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Versions
- Introduced in Senate · 19 July 2022 · Download file
Documents
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Sponsors
- Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Ossoff, Jon [D-GA] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Kennedy, John [R-LA] · R · Sponsor
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Related records
- related to → Homicide Victims' Families' Rights Act of 2021
Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/4549
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/s/4549
- us · 117-s-4549 · source updated 10 August 2026