Acquitted Conduct Reform Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-4
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT]
Introduced: 2018-12-04
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal procedure and sentencing

State and local courts
Latest action: action_date: 2018-12-04
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Summaries:
action_date: 2018-12-04
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Acquitted Conduct Reform Act of 2018</b></p> <p>This bill amends the federal criminal code to prohibit a federal court from considering acquitted conduct at sentencing. Acquitted conduct means acts for which a person was criminally charged and adjudicated not guilty after trial or acts underlying dismissed criminal charges.</p>

tv_txt: II 115th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 4 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES December 4, 2018 Mr. Hatch introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To prohibit courts from considering acquitted conduct at sentencing, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Acquitted Conduct Reform Act of 2018 . 2. Use of information for sentencing (a) Amendment Section 3661 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting , except that a court of the United States shall not consider acquitted conduct under this section before the period at the end. (b) Applicability The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply only to a judgment entered on or after the date of enactment of this Act. 3. Definitions Section 3673 of title 18, United States Code, is amended— (1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking As and inserting the following: (a) As ; and (2) by adding at the end the following: (b) As used in this chapter, the term acquitted conduct means— (1) acts for which a person was criminally charged and adjudicated not guilty after trial in a Federal or State court; and (2) acts underlying criminal charges dismissed— (A) in a Federal court upon a motion for acquittal under rule 29 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure; or (B) in a State court upon a motion for acquittal or an analogous motion under the applicable State rule of criminal procedure. .