HR6579Referred to Committee
Justice for Breonna Taylor Act
Introduced
In Committee
3
Passed One Chamber4
Passed Both5
Signed into Law119th
Congress
2025-12-10
Introduced
31
Cosponsors
HR
ⓘType
Sponsor
Morgan McGarvey
Democrat · KY · Representative
Votes with party: 98.2% (553 recorded votes)
Full profile: /officials/M001220
Source: Congress.gov · FEC
Cosponsors (31)
Members who have signed on to support this bill since introduction. Source: Congress.gov.
- Al Green (D-TX-9)Original· 2025-12-10
- Ayanna Pressley (D-MA-7)Original· 2025-12-10
- Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ-12)Original· 2025-12-10
- Delia C. Ramirez (D-IL-3)Original· 2025-12-10
- Dwight Evans (D-PA-3)Original· 2025-12-10
- Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC)Original· 2025-12-10
- Glenn Ivey (D-MD-4)Original· 2025-12-10
- Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA-4)Original· 2025-12-10
- Jasmine Crockett (D-TX-30)Original· 2025-12-10
- Jonathan L. Jackson (D-IL-1)Original· 2025-12-10
- Joyce Beatty (D-OH-3)Original· 2025-12-10
- Kweisi Mfume (D-MD-7)Original· 2025-12-10
- LaMonica McIver (D-NJ-10)Original· 2025-12-10
- Lateefah Simon (D-CA-12)Original· 2025-12-10
- Lucy McBath (D-GA-6)Original· 2025-12-10
- Maxwell Frost (D-FL-10)Original· 2025-12-10
- Nikema Williams (D-GA-5)Original· 2025-12-10
- Rashida Tlaib (D-MI-12)Original· 2025-12-10
- Robert Garcia (D-CA-42)Original· 2025-12-10
- Robin L. Kelly (D-IL-2)Original· 2025-12-10
- Sara Jacobs (D-CA-51)Original· 2025-12-10
- Shontel M. Brown (D-OH-11)Original· 2025-12-10
- Shri Thanedar (D-MI-13)Original· 2025-12-10
- Steven Horsford (D-NV-4)Original· 2025-12-10
- Summer L. Lee (D-PA-12)Original· 2025-12-10
- Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-CA-37)Original· 2025-12-10
- Thomas Massie (R-KY-4)Original· 2025-12-10
- Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY-9)Original· 2025-12-10
- Zoe Lofgren (D-CA-18)Original· 2025-12-10
- Jesús G. "Chuy" García (D-IL-4)· 2026-01-07
- Julie Johnson (D-TX-32)· 2026-01-07
Latest Action
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Committee Activity
Currently in
- House Committee on the JudiciaryReferred To · 2025-12-10
Previously
- Judiciary CommitteeReferred To · 2025-12-10
Plain-English 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.
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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