Streamlined Procedures Act of 2005
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What it doesSummary introduced in senate (May 19, 2005)
Streamlined Procedures Act of 2005 - Amends the federal judicial code to revise the law and procedures for habeas corpus petitions.
Denies or restricts the jurisdiction of federal courts to hear habeas corpus petitions that: (1) have been procedurally barred in a state court; (2) are based upon errors in sentences or sentencing ruled as harmless error by a state court; (3) pertain to capital cases; or (4) challenge the exercise of a states's executive clemency or pardon power.
Revises deadlines for filing appeals to federal courts of state habeas corpus decisions.
Revises procedures for mixed habeas corpus petitions (petitions bringing claims exhausted and unexhausted in state court) to require petitioners to describe how they have exhausted each claim in state court. Requires unexhausted claims to be dismissed with prejudice.
Limits the ability of habeas corpus petitioners to amend petitions or modify or add additional claims.
Requires any period in which a petitioner does not have a habeas corpus petition pending in a state court to be charged against the one year limitation period for filing a federal habeas corpus petition from a state court decision.
Requires requests for financial support for petitioners in a habeas corpus proceeding to be decided by a judge other than the judge presiding over such proceeding. Requires any amount of financial support authorized by a judge to be publicly disclosed.
Extends crime victims' rights to federal habeas corpus proceedings arising out of a state conviction.
What just happenedNov 16, 2005
Committee on the Judiciary. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 109-366.
Who’s behind it
- Nov 16, 2005Committee
Committee on the Judiciary. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 109-366.
Judiciary Committee - Oct 6, 2005Committee
Committee on the Judiciary. Committee consideration and Mark Up Session held.
Judiciary Committee - Jul 28, 2005Committee
Committee on the Judiciary. Committee consideration and Mark Up Session held.
Judiciary Committee - Jul 14, 2005Committee
Committee on the Judiciary. Committee consideration and Mark Up Session held.
Judiciary Committee - Jul 13, 2005Committee
Committee on the Judiciary. Hearings held.
Judiciary Committee - May 19, 2005IntroReferral
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Judiciary Committee - May 19, 2005IntroReferralB00100
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5540-5543)
- May 19, 2005IntroReferral10000
Introduced in Senate