119th Congress · introduced in the House · Jul 23, 2025
End Solitary Confinement Act
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Latest action (Jul 23, 2025): Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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Congressional Research Service summary, version: Introduced in House (Jul 23, 2025)
End Solitary Confinement Act
This bill restricts the use of solitary confinement and establishes minimum standards for incarceration at the federal, state, and local levels.
At the federal level, the bill generally prohibits the use of solitary confinement in federal facilities with limited exceptions, such as if necessary to de-escalate an emergency situation. The bill also establishes minimum standards for incarceration, including at least 14 hours per day of out-of-cell congregate interaction in a shared space that is conducive to meaningful group interaction.
The bill requires state and local governments to implement laws, policies, and programs that substantially comply with the restrictions on solitary confinement and minimum standards for incarceration in order to receive full funding under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant program.
The bill establishes an independent community monitoring body, as well as an advisory body of stakeholders, to help provide oversight.
Finally, the bill allows a prisoner to file a federal civil action for mental or emotional injury suffered if there is a prior showing of placement in solitary confinement or an alternative unit.
Includes amendment, cloture, and procedural votes. Each is labeled with its exact question; only a passage question is a vote to pass the bill.
No recorded roll calls on this bill in coverage.
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC · lobbying firm or registrant: THE RABEN GROUP
2026 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026) · posted Oct 20, 2026 · issue area: Civil Rights/Civil Liberties
$20,000
Paid to lobbying firm
End Solitary Confinement Act (H.R.4682/ S.2477) and related legislation to curb or eliminate the use of solitary confinement in all carceral settings, including prisons, jails, immigration detention…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC · lobbying firm or registrant: THE RABEN GROUP
2026 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026) · posted Oct 20, 2026 · issue area: Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
$20,000
Paid to lobbying firm
End Solitary Confinement Act (H.R.4682/ S.2477) and related legislation to curb or eliminate the use of solitary confinement in all carceral settings, including prisons, jails, immigration detention…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC · lobbying firm or registrant: THE RABEN GROUP
2026 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026) · posted Oct 20, 2026 · issue area: Constitution
$20,000
Paid to lobbying firm
End Solitary Confinement Act (H.R.4682/ S.2477) and related legislation to curb or eliminate the use of solitary confinement in all carceral settings, including prisons, jails, immigration detention…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC · lobbying firm or registrant: THE RABEN GROUP
2026 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2026 – Jun 30, 2026) · posted Jul 20, 2026 · issue area: Constitution
$20,000
Paid to lobbying firm
End Solitary Confinement Act (H.R.4682/ S.2477) and related legislation to curb or eliminate the use of solitary confinement in all carceral settings, including prisons, jails, immigration detention…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC · lobbying firm or registrant: THE RABEN GROUP
2026 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2026 – Jun 30, 2026) · posted Jul 20, 2026 · issue area: Civil Rights/Civil Liberties
$20,000
Paid to lobbying firm
End Solitary Confinement Act (H.R.4682/ S.2477) and related legislation to curb or eliminate the use of solitary confinement in all carceral settings, including prisons, jails, immigration detention…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC · lobbying firm or registrant: THE RABEN GROUP
2026 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2026 – Jun 30, 2026) · posted Jul 20, 2026 · issue area: Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
$20,000
Paid to lobbying firm
End Solitary Confinement Act (H.R.4682/ S.2477) and related legislation to curb or eliminate the use of solitary confinement in all carceral settings, including prisons, jails, immigration detention…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC · lobbying firm or registrant: THE RABEN GROUP
2026 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2026 – Mar 31, 2026) · posted Apr 20, 2026 · issue area: Civil Rights/Civil Liberties
$20,000
Paid to lobbying firm
End Solitary Confinement Act (H.R.4682/ S.2477) and related legislation to curb or eliminate the use of solitary confinement in all carceral settings, including prisons, jails, immigration detention…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC · lobbying firm or registrant: THE RABEN GROUP
2026 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2026 – Mar 31, 2026) · posted Apr 20, 2026 · issue area: Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
$20,000
Paid to lobbying firm
End Solitary Confinement Act (H.R.4682/ S.2477) and related legislation to curb or eliminate the use of solitary confinement in all carceral settings, including prisons, jails, immigration detention…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC · lobbying firm or registrant: THE RABEN GROUP
2026 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2026 – Mar 31, 2026) · posted Apr 20, 2026 · issue area: Constitution
$20,000
Paid to lobbying firm
End Solitary Confinement Act (H.R.4682/ S.2477) and related legislation to curb or eliminate the use of solitary confinement in all carceral settings, including prisons, jails, immigration detention…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC · lobbying firm or registrant: THE RABEN GROUP
2025 Q4 report (Oct 1, 2025 – Dec 31, 2025) · posted Jan 20, 2026 · issue area: Civil Rights/Civil Liberties
$20,000
Paid to lobbying firm
End Solitary Confinement Act (H.R.4682/ S.2477) and related legislation to curb or eliminate the use of solitary confinement in all carceral settings, including prisons, jails, immigration detention…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC · lobbying firm or registrant: THE RABEN GROUP
2025 Q4 report (Oct 1, 2025 – Dec 31, 2025) · posted Jan 20, 2026 · issue area: Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
$20,000
Paid to lobbying firm
End Solitary Confinement Act (H.R.4682/ S.2477) and related legislation to curb or eliminate the use of solitary confinement in all carceral settings, including prisons, jails, immigration detention…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC · lobbying firm or registrant: THE RABEN GROUP
2025 Q4 report (Oct 1, 2025 – Dec 31, 2025) · posted Jan 20, 2026 · issue area: Constitution
$20,000
Paid to lobbying firm
End Solitary Confinement Act (H.R.4682/ S.2477) and related legislation to curb or eliminate the use of solitary confinement in all carceral settings, including prisons, jails, immigration detention…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC · lobbying firm or registrant: THE RABEN GROUP
2025 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2025 – Sep 30, 2025) · posted Oct 20, 2025 · issue area: Civil Rights/Civil Liberties
$20,000
Paid to lobbying firm
End Solitary Confinement Act (H.R.4682/ S.2477) and related legislation to curb or eliminate the use of solitary confinement in all carceral settings, including prisons, jails, immigration detention…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC · lobbying firm or registrant: THE RABEN GROUP
2025 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2025 – Sep 30, 2025) · posted Oct 20, 2025 · issue area: Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
$20,000
Paid to lobbying firm
End Solitary Confinement Act (H.R.4682/ S.2477) and related legislation to curb or eliminate the use of solitary confinement in all carceral settings, including prisons, jails, immigration detention…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC · lobbying firm or registrant: THE RABEN GROUP
2025 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2025 – Sep 30, 2025) · posted Oct 20, 2025 · issue area: Constitution
$20,000
Paid to lobbying firm
End Solitary Confinement Act (H.R.4682/ S.2477) and related legislation to curb or eliminate the use of solitary confinement in all carceral settings, including prisons, jails, immigration detention…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CRIMINAL DEFENSE LAWYERS (NACDL) · lobbying firm or registrant: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CRIMINAL DEFENSE LAWYERS (NACDL)
2025 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2025 – Sep 30, 2025) · posted Oct 9, 2025 · issue area: Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
$15,000
Spent on own lobbying
…Jeremy and Angel Seay and Sergeant Brandon Mendoza Protect Our Communities from DUIs Act (H.R. 875); Fresh Start Act (H.R. 3111); End Solitary Confinement Act (H.R. 4682, S. 2477; Disability and Age in Jury Service Nondiscrimination Act (H.R. 5096); Second Chance Reauthorization Act (H.R. 3552, S. 1843); First Step Implementati…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing