2021-2022 Regular Session • US Congress Legislature
HB6268: Protect Black Women and Girls Act of 2021
Legislative Summary
To establish an Interagency Task Force to examine the conditions and experiences of Black women and girls in education, economic development, healthcare, labor and employment, housing, justice and civil rights, to promote community-based methods for mitigating and addressing harm and ensuring accountability, and to study societal effects on Black women and girls, and for other purposes.
Bill History
12/14/2021
Introduced in House
House of Representatives
12/14/2021
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, Energy and Commerce, and Financial Services, 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.
House of Representatives
12/15/2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
House of Representatives
11/1/2022
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
House of Representatives
11/1/2022
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
House of Representatives
Status Information
Current Status
Introduced(12/14/2021)
Chamber
House of Representatives
Committee
Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security(House of Representatives)
Sponsors
Democrat: 15
Republican: 1
Primary Sponsor
Robin Kelly
Democrat
Co-Sponsors (15)
Yvette Clarke
Democrat
Brian Fitzpatrick
Republican
Bonnie Coleman
Democrat
Kweisi Mfume
Democrat
Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick
Democrat
Joyce Beatty
Democrat
Jim Costa
Democrat
Brenda Lawrence
Democrat
G. Butterfield
Democrat
Lisa Rochester
Democrat
Al Green
Democrat
Ayanna Pressley
Democrat
Eleanor Norton
Democrat
Sheila Jackson-Lee
Democrat
Shontel Brown
Democrat