United States · Bill · SJRES
S.J.Res. 33 (118th)
A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to prohibit the use of slavery and involuntary servitude as a punishment for a crime.
Introduced
14 June 2023
Last action
14 June 2023 · Introduced
Status
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Sponsors
Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR], Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ], Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR], Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA], Sen. Warnock, Raphael G. [D-GA], Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL], Sen. Welch, Peter [D-VT], Sen. Padilla, Alex [D-CA], Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI], Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT], Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI], Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT], Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL], Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA], Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD]
Subjects
Rule of law
Source updated
10 August 2026
Summary
This joint resolution proposes an amendment to the U.S. Constitution that prohibits slavery and involuntary servitude as a criminal punishment.
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Timeline
14 June 2023
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Source: IntroReferral
14 June 2023
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
Votes
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Versions
- Introduced in Senate · 14 June 2023 · Download file
Documents
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Sponsors
- Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Warnock, Raphael G. [D-GA] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Welch, Peter [D-VT] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Padilla, Alex [D-CA] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] · I · Cosponsor
- Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD] · D · Cosponsor
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Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-joint-resolution/33
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/sjres/33
- us · 118-sjres-33 · source updated 10 August 2026