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HR4310Referred to Committee

Back the Blue Act of 2025

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Introduced
In Committee
3
Passed One Chamber
4
Passed Both
5
Signed into Law
119th
Congress
2025-07-10
Introduced
4
Cosponsors
HR
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Type

Sponsor

Don Bacon
Don Bacon
Republican · NE · Representative
Votes with party: 93.5% (557 recorded votes)

Full profile: /officials/B001298

Source: Congress.gov · FEC

Cosponsors (4)

Members who have signed on to support this bill since introduction. Source: Congress.gov.

  • Jared F. Golden (D-ME-2)Original· 2025-07-10
  • Michael Lawler (R-NY-17)· 2025-10-31
  • Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ-5)· 2026-05-12
  • Ryan Mackenzie (R-PA-7)· 2026-05-12

Latest Action

The most recent step in the bill's legislative path. Committee Activity below shows referrals and reports; the full action-by-action history including floor proceedings lives at Congress.gov →

Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

2025-07-10

Source: Congress.gov

Committee Activity

Currently in

  • House Committee on the JudiciaryReferred To · 2025-07-10

Previously

  • Judiciary CommitteeReferred To · 2025-07-10

Plain-English Summary

Back the Blue Act of 2025 This bill establishes new criminal offenses for violent conduct against judicial officers and law enforcement officers and makes related changes. The bill also broadens the authority of certain law enforcement officers to carry firearms. With respect to new criminal offenses, the bill prohibits killing, attempting to kill, or conspiring to kill a federal judge, a federal law enforcement officer, or a public safety or judicial officer for a state, local, or tribal agency that receives federal funding. The bill also prohibits fleeing to avoid prosecution, custody, or confinement for such an offense. Additionally, the bill prohibits killing former federal judges, former federal law enforcement officers, or former public safety or judicial officers for a state, local, or tribal agency that receives federal funding. The bill also prohibits certain assaults on state or local law enforcement officers who work for an agency of a state or the District of Columbia that receives federal funding. The bill limits federal court review of challenges to state court convictions for killing a public safety officer or judge. The bill allows federal, state, and local law enforcement officers to carry firearms if authorized by law. The bill also allows qualified law enforcement officers to carry concealed firearms and ammunition (including magazines) in school zones and in certain federal facilities that are open to the public. Finally, the bill temporarily directs the Department of Justice to make grants to improve relations between law enforcement agencies and the communities they serve.

Plain-English rewrite of the Congressional Research Service summary published on Congress.gov. Cached and reviewed.

Subjects

Crime and Law Enforcement
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