Stop Shackling and Detaining Pregnant Women Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 4664 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4664 To safeguard the humane treatment of pregnant and postpartum women by ensuring the presumption of release and prohibiting shackling, restraining, and other inhumane treatment, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 23, 2025 Ms. Garcia of Texas (for herself, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, Ms. Velazquez, Mr. Takano, Ms. Waters, Mr. Espaillat, Ms. Clarke of New York, Ms. Leger Fernandez, Mr. Castro of Texas, Mrs. Ramirez, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Ms. Norton, Mr. Evans of Pennsylvania, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Ms. DeGette, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Ms. Sewell, Ms. Simon, Ms. Tlaib, Mr. Carson, Mr. Krishnamoorthi, Mr. Correa, Ms. Ross, Mr. Vargas, Ms. Williams of Georgia, Mr. Fields, Ms. Crockett, Ms. Wilson of Florida, Mr. Bell, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Green of Texas, Ms. Kelly of Illinois, Ms. Omar, Mr. Thanedar, Mr. Goldman of New York, Mr. Jackson of Illinois, Ms. Barragan, Ms. McCollum, Mr. Khanna, Mr. Soto, Mr. Figures, Ms. Lee of Pennsylvania, Ms. Brownley, Mr. Garcia of Illinois, and Ms. Ocasio-Cortez) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To safeguard the humane treatment of pregnant and postpartum women by ensuring the presumption of release and prohibiting shackling, restraining, and other inhumane treatment, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Stop Shackling and Detaining Pregnant Women Act''. SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. In this Act: (1) Appropriate committees of congress.--The term ``appropriate committees of Congress'' means-- (A) the Committee on Hom