Justice for Breonna Taylor Act
Latest action · Dec 10, 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.
- IntroducedDec 10, 2025
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Justice for Breonna Taylor Act
This bill prohibits no-knock warrants, which generally permit law enforcement officers to enter a premises without first identifying their authority and purpose.
Specifically, it requires federal law enforcement officers to provide notice of their authority and purpose before executing a warrant. State and local law enforcement agencies that receive funds from the Department of Justice must execute warrants that require the serving officer to provide notice of his or her authority and purpose before forcibly entering a premises.
Cosponsors 31
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Dec 10, 2025 to Jan 7, 2026; 29 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-TX | Al Green | Original | Dec 10, 2025 |
| D-MA | Ayanna Pressley | Original | Dec 10, 2025 |
| D-NJ | Bonnie Watson Coleman | Original | Dec 10, 2025 |
| D-IL | Delia C. Ramirez | Original | Dec 10, 2025 |
| D-PA | Dwight Evans | Original | Dec 10, 2025 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Dec 10, 2025 |
| D-MD | Glenn Ivey | Original | Dec 10, 2025 |
| D-GA | Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. | Original | Dec 10, 2025 |
| D-TX | Jasmine Crockett | Original | Dec 10, 2025 |
| D-IL | Jonathan L. Jackson | Original | Dec 10, 2025 |
| D-OH | Joyce Beatty | Original | Dec 10, 2025 |
| D-MD | Kweisi Mfume | Original | Dec 10, 2025 |
| D-NJ | LaMonica McIver | Original | Dec 10, 2025 |
| D-CA | Lateefah Simon | Original | Dec 10, 2025 |
| D-GA | Lucy McBath | Original | Dec 10, 2025 |
| D-FL | Maxwell Frost | Original | Dec 10, 2025 |
| D-GA | Nikema Williams | Original | Dec 10, 2025 |
| D-MI | Rashida Tlaib | Original | Dec 10, 2025 |
| D-CA | Robert Garcia | Original | Dec 10, 2025 |
| D-IL | Robin L. Kelly | Original | Dec 10, 2025 |
| D-CA | Sara Jacobs | Original | Dec 10, 2025 |
| D-OH | Shontel M. Brown | Original | Dec 10, 2025 |
| D-MI | Shri Thanedar | Original | Dec 10, 2025 |
| D-NV | Steven Horsford | Original | Dec 10, 2025 |
| D-PA | Summer L. Lee | Original | Dec 10, 2025 |
| D-CA | Sydney Kamlager-Dove | Original | Dec 10, 2025 |
| R-KY | Thomas Massie | Original | Dec 10, 2025 |
| D-NY | Yvette D. Clarke | Original | Dec 10, 2025 |
| D-CA | Zoe Lofgren | Original | Dec 10, 2025 |
| D-IL | Jesús G. "Chuy" García | Jan 7, 2026 | |
| D-TX | Julie Johnson | Jan 7, 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 Dec 10, 2025 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 10, 2025Introduced in House
- Dec 10, 2025Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
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. 208, December 10, 2025, page H5562.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 3414 | Justice for Breonna Taylor Act | Identical bill | Dec 10, 2025 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To prohibit no-knock warrants, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Justice for Breonna Taylor Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 10, 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.
