Stop Biometric Surveillance by Law Enforcement Act
Latest action · Aug 1, 2020 Referred to the Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Response, and Recovery.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJun 18, 2020
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Stop Biometric Surveillance by Law Enforcement Act
This bill prohibits federal law enforcement agencies, states and local governments, and high-risk urban areas from using facial recognition technology or other biometric surveillance systems on any image that is acquired by body-worn cameras used by law enforcement officers. The bill also includes enforcement provisions that require certain federal grants to be reduced for states, local governments, and high-risk urban areas that violate this restriction.
Cosponsors 8
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 18, 2020 to Jul 23, 2020, with 6 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-IL | Bobby L. Rush | Original | Jun 18, 2020 |
| D-WA | Denny Heck | Original | Jun 18, 2020 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Jun 18, 2020 |
| D-CT | Jahana Hayes | Original | Jun 18, 2020 |
| D-MD | Jamie Raskin | Original | Jun 18, 2020 |
| D-GU | Michael F. Q. San Nicolas | Original | Jun 18, 2020 |
| D-CA | Alan S. Lowenthal | Jun 24, 2020 | |
| D-MI | Daniel T. Kildee | Jul 23, 2020 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Aug 1, 2020Referred to the Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Response, and Recovery.
- Jun 18, 2020Introduced in House
- Jun 18, 2020Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, 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.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement.
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Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 18, 2020Introduced in House
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