Congress 116 - HR 7120 - George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2020

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George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2020

This bill addresses a wide range of policies and issues regarding policing practices and law enforcement accountability. It increases accountability for law enforcement misconduct, restricts the use of certain policing practices, enhances transparency and data collection, and establishes best practices and training requirements.

The bill enhances existing enforcement mechanisms to remedy violations by law enforcement. Among other things, it does the following:

lowers the criminal intent standard—from willful to knowing or reckless—to convict a law enforcement officer for misconduct in a federal prosecution,
limits qualified immunity as a defense to liability in a private civil action against a law enforcement officer, and
grants administrative subpoena power to the Department of Justice (DOJ) in pattern-or-practice investigations.

It establishes a framework to prevent and remedy racial profiling by law enforcement at the federal, state, and local levels. It also limits the unnecessary use of force and restricts the use of no-knock warrants, chokeholds, and carotid holds.

The bill creates a national registry—the National Police Misconduct Registry—to compile data on complaints and records of police misconduct. It also establishes new reporting requirements, including on the use of force, officer misconduct, and routine policing practices (e.g., stops and searches).

Finally, it directs DOJ to create uniform accreditation standards for law enforcement agencies and requires law enforcement officers to complete training on racial profiling, implicit bias, and the duty to intervene when another officer uses excessive force.

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Jul 20, 2020

Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 490.
Jul 2, 2020

Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
Jun 29, 2020

Received in the Senate.
Jun 25, 2020

Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Jun 25, 2020

On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 236 - 181 (Roll no. 119). (text: CR H2440-2453)
Jun 25, 2020

Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 236 - 181 (Roll no. 119).(text: CR H2440-2453)
Jun 25, 2020

On motion to recommit with instructions Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 180 - 236 (Roll no. 118).
Jun 25, 2020

Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H2504-2506)
Jun 25, 2020

POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the motion to recommit with instructions, the Chair put the question on the motion and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Stauber demanded the yeas and nays and the Chair postponed further consideration on the motion to recommit until a time to be announced.
Jun 25, 2020

The previous question on the motion to recommit with instructions was ordered without objection.
Jun 25, 2020

Floor summary: DEBATE - The House proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Stauber motion to recommit with instructions. The instructions contained in the motion seek to require the bill to be reported back to the House with an amendment to strike section 2 and all that follows of the bill and insert new text entitled, "George Floyd and Walter Scott Notification Act."
Jun 25, 2020

Mr. Stauber moved to recommit with instructions to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR H2491-2501)
Jun 25, 2020

The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.
Jun 25, 2020

DEBATE - The House proceeded with four hours of debate on H.R. 7120.
Jun 25, 2020

Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 1425, H.R. 5332, H.R. 7120, H.R. 7301 and H.J. Res. 90. The resolution provides that the provisions of section 125(c) of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act shall not apply during the remainder of the 116th Congress and the resolution amends H.Res. 967, agreed to on May 15, 2020.
Jun 25, 2020

Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 1017. (consideration: CR H2439-2503)
Jun 24, 2020

Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 1017 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 1425, H.R. 5332, H.R. 7120, H.R. 7301 and H.J. Res. 90. The resolution provides that the provisions of section 125(c) of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act shall not apply during the remainder of the 116th Congress and the resolution amends H.Res. 967, agreed to on May 15, 2020.
Jun 19, 2020

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 348.
Jun 19, 2020

Committee on Energy and Commerce discharged.
Jun 19, 2020

Committee on Armed Services discharged.
Jun 19, 2020

Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 116-434, Part I.
Jun 8, 2020

Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, and Energy and Commerce, 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.
Jun 8, 2020

Introduced in House

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