S 2276 112th Congress Senate Law Civil actions and liability Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation Federal district courts Jurisdiction and venue Law enforcement officers Violent crime

Officer Safety Act of 2012

Introduced: March 29, 2012 Introduced by: Grassley, Chuck Republican · Iowa See on congress.gov

Everywhere this bill has been 6 steps

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Passed House

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To President

Became law

May 23, 2012

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 413.

May 23, 2012

Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Leahy with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.

May 17, 2012

Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.

Mar 29, 2012

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Mar 29, 2012

Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2253-2254)

Mar 29, 2012

Introduced in Senate

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Officer Safety Act of 2012 - Amends the federal judicial code to deem a law enforcement officer who is the defendant in a criminal prosecution to have been acting under the color of his office (solely for purposes of determining the propriety of removal of the case to U.S. district court) if the officer: (1) protected an individual in the officer's presence from a crime of violence; (2) provided immediate assistance to an individual who suffered, or who was threatened with, bodily harm; or (3) prevented the escape of any individual whom the officer reasonably believed to have committed, or was about to commit, in the officer's presence, a crime of violence that resulted in, or that was likely to result in, death or serious bodily injury.

What's happening now May 23, 2012

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 413.

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