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H.R. 5361: George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2025

119th Congress · introduced 2025-09-15 · Crime and Law Enforcement · Latest: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

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George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2025

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George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2025 This bill addresses a wide range of policies and issues regarding policing practices and law enforcement accountability. It increases accountability for law enforcement misconduct, restricts the use of certain policing practices, enhances transparency and data collection, and establishes best practices and training requirements. The bill enhances existing enforcement mechanisms to remedy violations by law enforcement. Among other things, it does the following: lowers the criminal intent standard—from willful to knowing or reckless—to convict a law enforcement officer for misconduct in a federal prosecution, limits qualified immunity as a defense to liability in a private civil action against a law enforcement officer, and grants administrative subpoena power to the Department of Justice (DOJ) in pattern-or-practice investigations. It establishes a framework to prevent and remedy racial profiling by law enforcement at the federal, state, and local levels. It also limits the unnecessary use of force and restricts the use of no-knock warrants, chokeholds, and carotid holds. The bill creates a national registry—the National Police Misconduct Registry—to compile data on complaints and records of police misconduct. It also establishes new reporting requirements, including on the use of force, officer misconduct, and routine policing practices (e.g., stops and searches). Finally, it directs DOJ to create uniform accreditation standards for law enforcement agencies and requires law enforcement officers to complete training on racial profiling, implicit bias, and the duty to intervene when another officer uses excessive force.

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George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2025

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Sponsor: Rep. Ivey, Glenn [D-MD-4] · 136 cosponsors

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Alma S. Adams (D-NC), Yassamin Ansari (D-AZ), Becca Balint (D-VT), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Wesley Bell (D-MO), Ami Bera (D-CA), Donald S. Beyer, Jr. (D-VA), Shontel M. Brown (D-OH), Julia Brownley (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Troy A. Carter (D-LA), Sean Casten (D-IL), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Judy Chu (D-CA), Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), James E. Clyburn (D-SC), Steve Cohen (D-TN), J. Luis Correa (D-CA), Jim Costa (D-CA), Jasmine Crockett (D-TX), Jason Crow (D-CO), Danny K. Davis (D-IL), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Suzan K. DelBene (D-WA), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Christopher R. Deluzio (D-PA), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Veronica Escobar (D-TX), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Shomari Figures (D-AL), Lizzie Fletcher (D-TX), Bill Foster (D-IL), Valerie P. Foushee (D-NC), Laura Friedman (D-CA), Maxwell Frost (D-FL), John Garamendi (D-CA), Robert Garcia (D-CA), Jesús G. "Chuy" García (D-IL), Sylvia R. Garcia (D-TX), Al Green (D-TX), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA), Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Jonathan L. Jackson (D-IL), Sara Jacobs (D-CA), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA), Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-CA), Robin L. Kelly (D-IL), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), Rick Larsen (D-WA), Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-NM), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA) and 76 more.

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Ivey, Glenn [D-MD-4] reported raising $886,967 (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Record fed-us-cong119-hr5361 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong119 · updated 2026-11-03 by psicol fed-bills