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Police CAMERA Act of 2019

Introduced: June 8, 2020 Introduced by: Cohen, Steve Democratic · Tennessee See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Became law
Jan 3, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Jan 3, 2019
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Jan 3, 2019
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Police Creating Accountability by Making Effective Recording Available Act of 2019 or the Police CAMERA Act of 2019

This bill authorizes the Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance to make grants to states, local governments, and Indian tribes to purchase or lease body-worn cameras for use by law enforcement officers and to implement body-worn camera programs.

What's happening now January 3, 2019

Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 4962 Related bill Police CAMERA Act of 2020
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 19
All 19 Democratic 17
D
Meng, Grace
New York · Jun 22, 2020
PRICE, DAVID
· Jun 22, 2020
Schrader, Kurt
· Jun 8, 2020
 D
Beyer, Donald S.
Virginia · Jun 4, 2020
 D
García, Jesús G. "Chuy"
Illinois · Jun 4, 2020
 D
Case, Ed
Hawaii · Oct 22, 2019
 D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Jun 10, 2019
 D
Brownley, Julia
California · May 20, 2019
 D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · May 2, 2019
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Feb 5, 2019
 D
Johnson, Henry C. "Hank"
Georgia · Jan 22, 2019
 D
Tlaib, Rashida
Michigan · Jan 22, 2019
 D
Watson Coleman, Bonnie
New Jersey · Jan 8, 2019
 D
Khanna, Ro
California · Jan 3, 2019
 D
McCollum, Betty
Minnesota · Jan 3, 2019
 D
Meeks, Gregory W.
New York · Jan 3, 2019
 D
Moore, Gwen
Wisconsin · Jan 3, 2019
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Jan 3, 2019
 D
Smith, Adam
Washington · Jan 3, 2019
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 120: Police CAMERA Act of 2019. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-120/
MLA
"H.R. 120: Police CAMERA Act of 2019." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-120/.
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H.R. 120, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-120/.
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[H.R. 120: Police CAMERA Act of 2019](https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-120/)
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