Law Enforcement Innovate to De-Escalate Act
Latest action · Dec 18, 2024 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 749.
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.
- IntroducedMay 11, 2023
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Cosponsors 66
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 11, 2023 to Jul 2, 2024; 6 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-AZ | Andy Biggs | Original | May 11, 2023 |
| R-AZ | David Schweikert | Original | May 11, 2023 |
| D-CA | J. Luis Correa | Original | May 11, 2023 |
| R-MN | Pete Stauber | Original | May 11, 2023 |
| D-AZ | Ruben Gallego | Original | May 11, 2023 |
| R-WI | Scott Fitzgerald | Original | May 11, 2023 |
| R-MN | Brad Finstad | May 17, 2023 | |
| R-FL | Cory Mills | May 17, 2023 | |
| R-FL | Laurel M. Lee | May 30, 2023 | |
| R-FL | John H. Rutherford | Jun 20, 2023 | |
| R-CA | Darrell Issa | Jul 27, 2023 | |
| R-MN | Michelle Fischbach | Jul 27, 2023 | |
| R-IA | Ashley Hinson | Aug 4, 2023 | |
| R-AZ | Debbie Lesko | Aug 4, 2023 | |
| D-NC | Donald G. Davis | Aug 4, 2023 | |
| R-MS | Michael Guest | Aug 4, 2023 | |
| D-CA | Mike Levin | Aug 22, 2023 | |
| R-FL | W. Gregory Steube | Aug 22, 2023 | |
| R-NY | Elise M. Stefanik | Aug 25, 2023 | |
| R-WA | Dan Newhouse | Sep 8, 2023 | |
| R-SC | Russell Fry | Sep 13, 2023 | |
| R-AZ | Elijah Crane | Sep 18, 2023 | |
| R-AZ | Juan Ciscomani | Sep 18, 2023 | |
| R-TX | Wesley Hunt | Sep 18, 2023 | |
| D-TX | Jasmine Crockett | Sep 28, 2023 | |
| R-MO | Eric Burlison | Sep 29, 2023 | |
| R-MS | Mike Ezell | Oct 12, 2023 | |
| D-IL | Mike Quigley | Oct 12, 2023 | |
| R-VA | Ben Cline | Oct 26, 2023 | |
| R-TX | Troy E. Nehls | Nov 1, 2023 | |
| D-NC | Valerie P. Foushee | Nov 2, 2023 | |
| D-GA | Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. | Nov 7, 2023 | |
| R-CA | Doug LaMalfa | Nov 15, 2023 | |
| R-NJ | Thomas H. Kean, Jr. | Nov 17, 2023 | |
| D-NM | Gabe Vasquez | Nov 21, 2023 | |
| R-UT | Burgess Owens | Dec 12, 2023 | |
| R-WY | Harriet M. Hageman | Dec 12, 2023 | |
| R-OK | Kevin Hern | Dec 13, 2023 | |
| R-NY | Marcus J. Molinaro | Dec 13, 2023 | |
| R-TX | Morgan Luttrell | Dec 15, 2023 | |
| D-CA | Jimmy Panetta | Jan 3, 2024 | |
| R-NE | Mike Flood | Jan 3, 2024 | |
| R-WI | Thomas P. Tiffany | Jan 11, 2024 | |
| R-AL | Barry Moore | Jan 29, 2024 | |
| D-TX | Henry Cuellar | Jan 29, 2024 | |
| R-NY | Nicole Malliotakis | Jan 29, 2024 | |
| R-MT | Ryan K. Zinke | Feb 1, 2024 | |
| D-MN | Angie Craig | Feb 6, 2024 | |
| R-NY | Claudia Tenney | Feb 13, 2024 | |
| R-OH | Mike Carey | Feb 13, 2024 | |
| R-IL | Darin LaHood | Feb 15, 2024 | |
| R-UT | Celeste Maloy | Feb 26, 2024 | |
| R-TX | Beth Van Duyne | Feb 28, 2024 | |
| R-NY | Michael Lawler | Mar 5, 2024 | |
| R-TN | Andrew Ogles | Mar 12, 2024 | |
| R-WV | Carol D. Miller | Mar 12, 2024 | |
| D-TX | Colin Z. Allred | Mar 20, 2024 | |
| R-OH | Warren Davidson | Mar 20, 2024 | |
| R-TX | Lance Gooden | Mar 29, 2024 | |
| D-PA | Susan Wild | Mar 29, 2024 | |
| D-PA | Brendan F. Boyle | Apr 16, 2024 | |
| D-IL | Jonathan L. Jackson | May 24, 2024 | |
| R-PA | Lloyd Smucker | Jun 4, 2024 | |
| R-GA | A. Drew Ferguson IV | Jun 27, 2024 | |
| D-TX | Marc A. Veasey | Jun 27, 2024 | |
| D-WA | Marie Gluesenkamp Perez | Jul 2, 2024 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred May 11, 2023Markup Sep 11, 2024Reported Dec 18, 2024 |
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred May 11, 2023Markup Apr 17, 2024Discharged Dec 18, 2024 |
Actions 9
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 18, 2024Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 118-917, Part I.
- Dec 18, 2024Committee on the Judiciary discharged.
- Dec 18, 2024Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 749.
- Sep 11, 2024Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Sep 11, 2024Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 21 - 15.
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.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimates 2
- Oct 23, 2024H.R. 3269, Law Enforcement Innovate to De-Escalate ActAs ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on September 11, 2024
- Oct 23, 2024H.R. 3269, Law Enforcement Innovate to De-Escalate Act of 2024As ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on April 17, 2024
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 169, no. 80, May 11, 2023, page H2313.
Printed hearings 2
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 118-81 | OVERSIGHT OF THE BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO, FIREARMS, AND EXPLOSIVES80 pages | Judiciary Committee | May 23, 2024 |
| Serial No. 118-50 | MEMBER DAY40 pages | Judiciary Committee | Nov 3, 2023 |
CRS reports 3
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 3
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R47656 | Copyright in Standards Incorporated by Reference into Law and the Pro Codes Act | Report | Oct 19, 2026 |
| IF12173 | Firearms and Ammunition Excise Tax (FAET) | Resource | Feb 6, 2026 |
| R48365 | Law Enforcement Use of Less-than-Lethal Weapons: Considerations for Congress | Report | Jan 23, 2025 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 4255 | Law Enforcement Innovate to De-Escalate Act | Identical bill | May 2, 2024 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To modernize Federal firearms laws to account for advancements in technology and less-than-lethal weapons, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Law Enforcement Innovate to De-Escalate Act
- Short Title(s) as Reported to House
- Law Enforcement Innovate to De-Escalate Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 18, 2024Reported in House
- May 11, 2023Introduced in House
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.
