S 1085
115th Congress
Senate
Crime and Law Enforcement
Crime victims
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Fires
First responders and emergency personnel
Health personnel
Law enforcement officers
Violent crime
Thin Blue Line Act
Introduced: May 10, 2017
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 10, 2017
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
May 10, 2017
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Thin Blue Line Act
This bill amends the federal criminal code to expand the list of statutory aggravating factors in death penalty determinations to also include killing or targeting a law enforcement officer, firefighter, or other first responder.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Committees of jurisdiction
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