S 3909 · 116th Congress 2019–2021, ended

Law Enforcement Identification Act

Introduced Jun 8, 2020 Originated Senate Sponsor Christopher Murphy D-CT

Fact sheet

Latest action · Jun 8, 2020 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

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. IntroducedJun 8, 2020
  2. Passed SenateNot reached
  3. Passed HouseNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Law Enforcement Identification Act

This bill requires federal law enforcement officers and members of the Armed Forces engaged in crowd control, riot control, or arrest or detainment of individuals engaged in an act of civil disobedience, demonstration, protest, or riot to display clearly visible identifying information.

Cosponsors 23

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 8, 2020 to Jun 30, 2020, with 20 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-MNAmy KlobucharOriginalJun 8, 2020
D-MDBenjamin L. CardinOriginalJun 8, 2020
I-VTBernard SandersOriginalJun 8, 2020
D-NYCharles E. SchumerOriginalJun 8, 2020
D-NJCory A. BookerOriginalJun 8, 2020
D-MAEdward J. MarkeyOriginalJun 8, 2020
D-MAElizabeth WarrenOriginalJun 8, 2020
D-MIGary C. PetersOriginalJun 8, 2020
D-RIJack ReedOriginalJun 8, 2020
D-ORJeff MerkleyOriginalJun 8, 2020
D-CAKamala D. HarrisOriginalJun 8, 2020
D-NMMartin HeinrichOriginalJun 8, 2020
D-HIMazie K. HironoOriginalJun 8, 2020
D-WAPatty MurrayOriginalJun 8, 2020
D-CTRichard BlumenthalOriginalJun 8, 2020
Show all 23 cosponsors

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jun 8, 2020Introduced in Senate
  2. Jun 8, 2020Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Related bills 3

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

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 4220Preventing Authoritarian Policing Tactics on America’s Streets ActRelated billJul 20, 2020
HR 7153Law Enforcement Identification ActIdentical billJun 11, 2020
HR 7719Preventing Authoritarian Policing Tactics on America’s Streets ActRelated billJul 22, 2020

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement.

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  1. Jun 8, 2020Introduced in Senate

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