2018: Fitzpatrick Voted For Legislation Requiring State And Local
Governments Submit Reports On Their Pretrial Programs, Including Prior
Convictions For The Defendants That Received Services. In May 2018,
Fitzpatrick voted for a bill that, according to Congressional Quarterly,
"require[d] state and local governments that receive Justice
Department grants for pretrial services to submit annually a report to
the attorney general that would include the names of defendants who
received services, their prior convictions where applicable, and the
amount of money that had been allocated for pretrial services. The bill
also state[d] that if a state or local government were to fail to
submit such a report, it could lose grant funding for the following
year." The vote was on passage. The House passed the bill by a vote of
221 to 197. The Senate took no substantive action on the legislation.
[House Vote 175, 5/9/18;
Congressional Quarterly, 5/9/18;
Congressional Actions, H.R.
2152]