U.S. Congress legislation · 119th Congress
HB10909: Deaths in Custody Reporting Reform Act
Status: In committee, October 26, 2026
To amend the Death in Custody Reporting Act of 2013 to require submission of reports to the Director of the Bureau of Justice Statistics, and for other purposes.
What the bill says
To amend the Death in Custody Reporting Act of 2013 to require submission of reports to the Director of the Bureau of Justice Statistics, and for other purposes.
From the introduced text, October 26, 2026:
A BILL To amend the Death in Custody Reporting Act of 2013 to require submission of reports to the Director of the Bureau of Justice Statistics, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Deaths in Custody Reporting Reform Act . SECTION 2. Death in Custody Reporting Act amendments The Death in Custody Reporting Act of 2013 ( Public Law 113-242 ) is amended-- (1) by redesignating sections 2 and 3 as sections 3 and 4, respectively; (2) by adding after section 1 the following: SECTION 2. Purposes The purposes of this Act are-- (1) to improve the reporting of deaths in custody, including deaths that occur-- (A) in, in transit to, or departing from, jail; (B) in, in transit to, or departing from, prison; (C) in, in transit to, or departing from, temporary law enforcement detention; (D) in, in transit to, or departing from, an immigration detention facility; (E) in, in transit to, or departing from, a hospital or care facility to which a person in the custody of any facility described in this section was transferred in the 30-day period before death, regardless of whether such person was released from custody before death; (F) while a person is engaged with law enforcement during an arrest, while a person is pursued by …
Sponsors
- Steve Cohen (D, HD-009) · primary sponsor
- Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D)
- Robert Scott (D, HD-VA-3)
- Bonnie Watson Coleman (D, HD-012)
- Danny Davis (D, HD-IL-7)
- Lateefah Simon (D)
- Shri Thanedar (D, HD-013)
- Jonathan Jackson (D, HD-001)
- Summer Lee (D, HD-PA-12)
Latest actions
- : Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- : Introduced in House
Subjects: Crime and Law Enforcement
Common questions
- What is HB10909?
- HB10909 is a bill in Congress (119th Congress): Deaths in Custody Reporting Reform Act.
- What does HB10909 do?
- In its own words: To amend the Death in Custody Reporting Act of 2013 to require submission of reports to the Director of the Bureau of Justice Statistics, and for other purposes.
- What is the status of HB10909?
- In committee as of October 26, 2026. Latest action: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. (October 26, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB10909?
- Steve Cohen (D, HD-009), with 8 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for HB10909?
- On the Congress website: https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/10909
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