Key Votes
S 2329 - Victims' Rights Bill - Key Vote
National Key Votes
John Edwards voted Yea (Passage) on this legislation.
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Stages
- June 28, 2004 House Bill Sent To Committee
- April 22, 2004 Senate Bill Passed
- April 21, 2004 Introduced
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Legislation - Bill Sent To Committee (House) - June 28, 2004
Legislation - Bill Passed (Senate) (96-1) - April 22, 2004 (Key vote)
Title: Victims' Rights Bill
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to pass a bill that would define the rights of crime victims and establish procedures for the protection of these rights.
Highlights:
- Defines the following rights of crime victims (Sec. 2):
- To be reasonably protected from the accused;
- To reasonable, accurate, and timely notice of, and non-exclusion from, any public proceeding, release or escape involving the accused;
- To be reasonably heard at any public proceeding involving release, plea or sentencing;
- To confer with the attorney for the government in the case;
- To full and timely restitution as provided in law;
- To proceedings free from unreasonable delay; and
- To be treated with fairness and with respect for his or her dignity and privacy.
- Requires the crime victim to be notified of, and accorded, these rights by the departments and agencies engaged in the detection, investigation, or prosecution of the crime (Sec. 2).
- Recognizes the victim right's to appeal, should a federal court deny any right of a crime victim as defined under this act or under the federal rules of criminal procedure (Sec. 2).
- States that a denial of rights, as provided for above, is not grounds for a new trial (Sec. 2).
- Repeals certain provisions regarding victims' rights contained in the Victims' Rights and Restitution Act of 1990 (Sec. 2).
- Authorizes the Justice Department to make grants to develop, establish, and maintain programs for the enforcement of crime victims' rights, and for the development of a notification system of dates and criminal proceedings for crime victims (Sec. 3).
Sponsors
- Jon Kyl (AZ - R) (Out Of Office)
Co-sponsors
- Evan Bayh (IN - D) (Out Of Office)
- Clarence Saxby Chambliss (GA - R)
- Hillary Rodham Clinton (NY - D) (Out Of Office)
- Susan M. Collins (ME - R)
- John Cornyn (TX - R)
- Larry E. Craig (ID - R) (Out Of Office)
- Thomas A. 'Tom' Daschle (SD - ) (Out Of Office)
- Michael 'Mike' DeWine (OH - R) (Out Of Office)
- Elizabeth H. Dole (NC - R) (Out Of Office)
- Pete V. Domenici Jr. (NM - R) (Out Of Office)
- Richard J. 'Dick' Durbin (IL - D)
- Russell D. 'Russ' Feingold (WI - D) (Out Of Office)
- Dianne Feinstein (CA - D)
- William H. 'Bill' Frist (TN - R) (Out Of Office)
- Lindsey O. Graham (SC - R)
- Charles E. 'Chuck' Grassley (IA - R)
- Orrin G. Hatch (UT - R)
- James M. 'Jim' Inhofe (OK - R)
- Edward M. 'Ted' Kennedy Sr. (MA - D) (Out Of Office)
- John Forbes Kerry (MA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Herbert H. 'Herb' Kohl (WI - D) (Out Of Office)
- Mary L. Landrieu (LA - D)
- Patrick J. Leahy (VT - D)
- Joseph I. 'Joe' Lieberman (CT - I) (Out Of Office)
- Blanche Lambert Lincoln (AR - D) (Out Of Office)
- Chester Trent Lott Sr. (MS - R) (Out Of Office)
- Mitch McConnell (KY - R)
- Barbara A. Mikulski (MD - D)
- William Clarence 'Bill' Nelson Sr. (FL - D)
- Don Nickles (OK - ) (Out Of Office)
- Mark Lunsford Pryor (AR - D)
- Charles E. 'Chuck' Schumer (NY - D)
- Richard C. Shelby (AL - R)
- Gordon Harold Smith (OR - R) (Out Of Office)
- Olympia Jean Snowe (ME - R) (Out Of Office)
- Debbie Ann Stabenow (MI - D)
- Ron Wyden (OR - D)
