Thin Blue Line Act
Latest action · Jan 14, 2025 Referred to the House 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.
- IntroducedJan 14, 2025
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Thin Blue Line Act
This bill expands the list of statutory aggravating factors in death penalty determinations to also include killing or targeting a law enforcement officer, firefighter, or other first responder.
Cosponsors 43
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 14, 2025 to Oct 1, 2026; 14 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-FL | Anna Paulina Luna | Original | Jan 14, 2025 |
| R-PA | Brian K. Fitzpatrick | Original | Jan 14, 2025 |
| R-LA | Clay Higgins | Original | Jan 14, 2025 |
| R-CA | David G. Valadao | Original | Jan 14, 2025 |
| R-NE | Don Bacon | Original | Jan 14, 2025 |
| R-IN | Erin Houchin | Original | Jan 14, 2025 |
| R-CA | Jay Obernolte | Original | Jan 14, 2025 |
| R-IL | Mike Bost | Original | Jan 14, 2025 |
| R-MS | Mike Ezell | Original | Jan 14, 2025 |
| R-TX | Monica De La Cruz | Original | Jan 14, 2025 |
| R-NY | Nick LaLota | Original | Jan 14, 2025 |
| R-TX | Randy K. Weber, Sr. | Original | Jan 14, 2025 |
| R-NC | Richard Hudson | Original | Jan 14, 2025 |
| R-TX | Troy E. Nehls | Original | Jan 14, 2025 |
| R-NY | Nicole Malliotakis | Jan 22, 2025 | |
| R-IN | Rudy Yakym III | Jan 22, 2025 | |
| R-IL | Darin LaHood | Jan 23, 2025 | |
| R-OH | Mike Carey | Mar 3, 2025 | |
| R-NJ | Thomas H. Kean, Jr. | Mar 3, 2025 | |
| R-FL | Mario Diaz-Balart | Mar 18, 2025 | |
| R-KY | Brett Guthrie | Apr 7, 2025 | |
| R-FL | Carlos A. Gimenez | Apr 7, 2025 | |
| R-TN | David Kustoff | Apr 7, 2025 | |
| R-NV | Mark E. Amodei | Apr 7, 2025 | |
| R-TX | Pete Sessions | Apr 7, 2025 | |
| R-FL | Gus M. Bilirakis | Apr 17, 2025 | |
| D-NJ | Jefferson Van Drew | Apr 17, 2025 | |
| R-NY | Michael Lawler | Apr 17, 2025 | |
| R-TX | Roger Williams | Apr 17, 2025 | |
| R-IN | Jefferson Shreve | May 13, 2025 | |
| R-VA | John J. McGuire III | May 13, 2025 | |
| R-FL | W. Gregory Steube | Aug 15, 2025 | |
| R-CA | Ken Calvert | Sep 3, 2025 | |
| R-PA | Daniel Meuser | Sep 17, 2025 | |
| R-TX | Tony Gonzales | Oct 3, 2025 | |
| R-SC | Nancy Mace | Oct 14, 2025 | |
| R-NC | Tim Moore | Oct 28, 2025 | |
| R-SC | Russell Fry | Nov 7, 2025 | |
| R-WI | Derrick Van Orden | Dec 10, 2025 | |
| R-ND | Julie Fedorchak | Jan 12, 2026 | |
| R-TN | Tim Burchett | Apr 22, 2026 | |
| D-NJ | Josh Gottheimer | May 13, 2026 | |
| R-AR | Eric A. "Rick" Crawford | Oct 1, 2026 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Jan 14, 2025 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 14, 2025Introduced in House
- Jan 14, 2025Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
In the Congressional Record 2
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H3518 | Josh Gottheimer D-NJ | May 14, 2026 |
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E424 | Brett Guthrie R-KY | May 11, 2026 |
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
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 171, no. 7, January 14, 2025, page H149.
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| LSB11276 | Federal Capital Punishment: Recent Executive Action | Insight | Mar 10, 2025 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 83 | Thin Blue Line Act | Related bill | Jan 14, 2025 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide additional aggravating factors for the imposition of the death penalty based on the status of the victim.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Thin Blue Line Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 14, 2025Introduced 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.
