Firearms Owners Against Crime
Institute for Legal, Legislative and Educational Action
Institute for Legal, Legislative and Educational Action
There are some good parts to this bill, but too much bad to go with it. You can not legislate use of force in police encounters as each incident presents different threats. Let the courts do their jobs.
Title: Justice in Policing Act of 2020
Subject: Crime and law enforcement: Administrative law and regulatory procedures: Administrative remedies: Aging: Assault and harassment offenses: Aviation and airports: Cardiovascular and respiratory health: Child safety and welfare: Civil actions and liability: Community life and organization: Congressional oversight: Correctional facilities and imprisonment: Crime victims: Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation: Criminal justice information and records: Customs enforcement: Department of Justice: Detention of persons: Drug trafficking and controlled substances: Due process and equal protection: Elementary and secondary education: Employee hiring: Employee performance: Employment and training programs: Employment discrimination and employee rights: Evidence and witnesses: Executive agency funding and structure: Firearms and explosives: Foreign language and bilingual programs: Government ethics and transparency, public corruption: Government information and archives: Government studies and investigations: Hate crimes: Human rights: Immigration status and procedures: Judicial procedure and administration: Juvenile crime and gang violence: Labor-management relations: Law enforcement administration and funding: Law enforcement officers: Legal fees and court costs: Mental health: Military civil functions: Military facilities and property: Motor vehicles: Pedestrians and bicycling: Performance measurement: Personnel records: Photography and imaging: Racial and ethnic relations: Religion: Right of privacy: Sound recording: State and local government operations: Telephone and wireless communication: Violent crime: Women's health
Description: A bill to hold law enforcement accountable for misconduct in court, improve transparency through data collection, and reform police training and policies.
Session: 116th Congress
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: June 8, 2020
Link: https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/3912/all-info
Note: the first sponsor listed is normally the primary sponsor. If a sponsor's name is a hyperlink you can click on it to 'follow the money'.
37 sponsors: Cory Booker (D); Kamala Harris (D); Charles Schumer (D); Dianne Feinstein (D); Tammy Baldwin (D); Michael Bennet (D); Richard Blumenthal (D); Sherrod Brown (D); Maria Cantwell (D); Benjamin Cardin (D); Thomas Carper (D); Robert Casey (D); Christopher Coons (D); Tammy Duckworth (D); Richard Durbin (D); Kirsten Gillibrand (D); Martin Heinrich (D); Mazie Hirono (D); Doug Jones (D); Tim Kaine (D); Amy Klobuchar (D); Patrick Leahy (D); Edward Markey (D); Robert Menendez (D); Jeff Merkley (D); Christopher Murphy (D); Patty Murray (D); Bernard Sanders (I); Brian Schatz (D); Tina Smith (D); Debbie Stabenow (D); Chris Van Hollen (D); Tom Udall (D); Mark Warner (D); Elizabeth Warren (D); Ron Wyden (D); Jacky Rosen (D)
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| Senate | Jun 8 2020 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. |
| Type | Date | Federal Link | Text |
| Introduced | Jul 8 2020 | federal bill text | bill text |
| Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted |
| There are no amendments to this bill at this time | |||||
Chamber: S
Committee Name: Judiciary
There have not been any votes on this bill