Protect and Serve Act of 2020
Latest action · Sep 17, 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.
- IntroducedSep 17, 2020
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Protect and Serve Act of 2020
This bill establishes a new criminal offense for knowingly assaulting a law enforcement officer and causing serious bodily injury (or attempting to do so) in circumstances that affect interstate commerce.
It imposes criminal penalties—a prison term, a fine, or both—on a violator.
Cosponsors 16
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Sep 17, 2020.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-GA | David Perdue | Original | Sep 17, 2020 |
| R-OK | James M. Inhofe | Original | Sep 17, 2020 |
| R-AR | John Boozman | Original | Sep 17, 2020 |
| R-LA | John Kennedy | Original | Sep 17, 2020 |
| R-GA | Kelly Loeffler | Original | Sep 17, 2020 |
| R-SC | Lindsey Graham | Original | Sep 17, 2020 |
| R-TN | Marsha Blackburn | Original | Sep 17, 2020 |
| R-IN | Mike Braun | Original | Sep 17, 2020 |
| R-SD | Mike Rounds | Original | Sep 17, 2020 |
| R-NC | Richard Burr | Original | Sep 17, 2020 |
| R-FL | Rick Scott | Original | Sep 17, 2020 |
| R-OH | Rob Portman | Original | Sep 17, 2020 |
| R-MS | Roger F. Wicker | Original | Sep 17, 2020 |
| R-WV | Shelley Moore Capito | Original | Sep 17, 2020 |
| R-ME | Susan M. Collins | Original | Sep 17, 2020 |
| R-AR | Tom Cotton | Original | Sep 17, 2020 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Judiciary Committee | Referred Sep 17, 2020 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 17, 2020Introduced in Senate
- Sep 17, 2020Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
In the Congressional Record 3
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S7684, S7685 | Richard J. Durbin D-IL, Thom Tillis R-NC | Dec 18, 2020 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S6342 | Thom Tillis R-NC | Oct 21, 2020 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S5809 | Thom Tillis R-NC | Sep 23, 2020 |
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 774 | Protect and Serve Act of 2021 | Reintroduced Bill | Mar 16, 2021 |
| HR 1325 | Protect and Serve Act of 2019 | Related bill | Feb 22, 2019 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to punish criminal offenses targeting law enforcement officers, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Protect and Serve Act of 2020
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 17, 2020Introduced in Senate
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
