HR 8782 · 116th Congress 2019–2021, ended

Keeping All Students Safe Act

Introduced Nov 19, 2020 Originated House Sponsor Donald S. Beyer, Jr. D-VA

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

Latest action · Nov 19, 2020 Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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.

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.

  1. IntroducedNov 19, 2020
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Keeping All Students Safe Act

This bill prohibits the use of seclusion and limits the use of physical restraint in schools and Head Start programs that receive federal funding. It also establishes enforcement provisions, including a private right of action for a student who has been subjected to unlawful seclusion or restraint, and creates a grant program for state educational agencies to implement the procedures required by the bill.

Cosponsors 81

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Nov 19, 2020 to Dec 21, 2020; 56 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-VAA. Donald McEachinOriginalNov 19, 2020
D-NYAdriano EspaillatOriginalNov 19, 2020
D-CAAlan S. LowenthalOriginalNov 19, 2020
D-FLAlcee L. HastingsOriginalNov 19, 2020
D-NCAlma S. AdamsOriginalNov 19, 2020
D-MIAndy LevinOriginalNov 19, 2020
D-MDAnthony G. BrownOriginalNov 19, 2020
D-CABarbara LeeOriginalNov 19, 2020
D-MNBetty McCollumOriginalNov 19, 2020
D-NYCarolyn B. MaloneyOriginalNov 19, 2020
D-MEChellie PingreeOriginalNov 19, 2020
D-ILCheri BustosOriginalNov 19, 2020
D-ILDanny K. DavisOriginalNov 19, 2020
D-NCDavid E. PriceOriginalNov 19, 2020
D-MDDavid J. TroneOriginalNov 19, 2020
D-NMDebra A. HaalandOriginalNov 19, 2020
D-CADoris O. MatsuiOriginalNov 19, 2020
D-DCEleanor Holmes NortonOriginalNov 19, 2020
D-FLFrederica S. WilsonOriginalNov 19, 2020
D-VAGerald E. ConnollyOriginalNov 19, 2020
D-CAGrace F. NapolitanoOriginalNov 19, 2020
D-NYGrace MengOriginalNov 19, 2020
D-MPGregorio Kilili Camacho SablanOriginalNov 19, 2020
D-WIGwen MooreOriginalNov 19, 2020
D-GAHenry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.OriginalNov 19, 2020
D-CTJahana HayesOriginalNov 19, 2020
D-CTJames A. HimesOriginalNov 19, 2020
D-MAJames P. McGovernOriginalNov 19, 2020
D-RIJames R. LangevinOriginalNov 19, 2020
D-ILJanice D. SchakowskyOriginalNov 19, 2020
D-VAJennifer WextonOriginalNov 19, 2020
D-CAJimmy GomezOriginalNov 19, 2020
D-CTJohn B. LarsonOriginalNov 19, 2020
D-NYJose E. SerranoOriginalNov 19, 2020
D-MAJoseph P. Kennedy IIIOriginalNov 19, 2020
D-OHJoyce BeattyOriginalNov 19, 2020
D-MAKatherine M. ClarkOriginalNov 19, 2020
D-CAKatie PorterOriginalNov 19, 2020
D-DELisa Blunt RochesterOriginalNov 19, 2020
D-PAMadeleine DeanOriginalNov 19, 2020
D-OHMarcia L. FudgeOriginalNov 19, 2020
D-CAMark DeSaulnierOriginalNov 19, 2020
D-CAMark TakanoOriginalNov 19, 2020
D-NYPaul TonkoOriginalNov 19, 2020
D-WAPramila JayapalOriginalNov 19, 2020
D-ILRaja KrishnamoorthiOriginalNov 19, 2020
D-AZRaúl M. GrijalvaOriginalNov 19, 2020
D-VARobert C. "Bobby" ScottOriginalNov 19, 2020
D-GASanford D. Bishop, Jr.OriginalNov 19, 2020
D-ILSean CastenOriginalNov 19, 2020
D-NYSean Patrick MaloneyOriginalNov 19, 2020
D-TNSteve CohenOriginalNov 19, 2020
D-CASusan A. DavisOriginalNov 19, 2020
D-PASusan WildOriginalNov 19, 2020
D-NYThomas R. SuozziOriginalNov 19, 2020
D-CATony CárdenasOriginalNov 19, 2020
D-MIBrenda L. LawrenceNov 24, 2020
D-MDC. A. Dutch RuppersbergerNov 24, 2020
D-TXEddie Bernice JohnsonNov 24, 2020
D-CAJackie SpeierNov 24, 2020
D-MDJamie RaskinNov 24, 2020
D-NYJoseph D. MorelleNov 24, 2020
D-CAJuan VargasNov 24, 2020
D-CALucille Roybal-AllardNov 24, 2020
D-WIMark PocanNov 24, 2020
D-PAMary Gay ScanlonNov 24, 2020
D-MSBennie G. ThompsonDec 15, 2020
D-NYJerrold NadlerDec 15, 2020
D-CAJerry McNerneyDec 15, 2020
D-ILJesús G. "Chuy" GarcíaDec 15, 2020
D-CANanette Diaz BarragánDec 15, 2020
D-OHTim RyanDec 15, 2020
D-MOWm. Lacy ClayDec 15, 2020
D-NYYvette D. ClarkeDec 15, 2020
D-FLDonna E. ShalalaDec 16, 2020
D-MAStephen F. LynchDec 16, 2020
D-ORSuzanne BonamiciDec 17, 2020
D-MIDaniel T. KildeeDec 18, 2020
D-NJMikie SherrillDec 18, 2020
D-AZRuben GallegoDec 18, 2020
D-CAJimmy PanettaDec 21, 2020

Committees 2

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseEducation and Workforce Committee
Referred Nov 19, 2020
HouseArmed Services Committee
Referred Nov 19, 2020

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Nov 19, 2020Introduced in House
  2. Nov 19, 2020Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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.

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 166, no. 197, November 19, 2020, page H5989.

Related bills 2

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
HR 3474Keeping All Students Safe ActReintroduced BillMay 25, 2021
S 4924Keeping All Students Safe ActIdentical billNov 30, 2020

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To prohibit and prevent seclusion, mechanical restraint, chemical restraint, and dangerous restraints that restrict breathing, and to prevent and reduce the use of physical restraint in schools, and for other purposes.
Short Title(s) as Introduced
Keeping All Students Safe Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Education.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Nov 19, 2020Introduced in House

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