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Public Safety Officer Pandemic Response Act of 2020

Introduced: April 17, 2020 Introduced by: Nadler, Jerrold Democratic · New York See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 9 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 1, 2020
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
May 27, 2020
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
May 27, 2020
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2316)
May 27, 2020
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
May 27, 2020
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2316-2319)
May 27, 2020
Mr. Nadler moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
May 27, 2020
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 6509.
Apr 14, 2020
Introduced in House
Apr 14, 2020
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Public Safety Officer Pandemic Response Act of 2020

This bill creates a presumption that certain public safety officers who contract COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) and were on duty during the 45-day period prior to the diagnosis or positive test result are eligible for certain benefits payable when public safety officers are injured or killed in the line of duty.

What's happening now June 1, 2020

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

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 Bill text 3 versions

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 21
All 21 Democratic 12
D
McBath, Lucy
Georgia · May 27, 2020
RYAN, TIM
· May 27, 2020
 D
Gottheimer, Josh
New Jersey · May 26, 2020
KING, PETER
· May 1, 2020
Rice, Kathleen
· Apr 28, 2020
 D
Kim, Andy
New Jersey · Apr 23, 2020
 D
Meng, Grace
New York · Apr 23, 2020
 D
Suozzi, Thomas R.
New York · Apr 21, 2020
Cicilline, David
· Apr 17, 2020
 D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Apr 17, 2020
Demings, Val
· Apr 17, 2020
 D
Escobar, Veronica
Texas · Apr 17, 2020
 D
Espaillat, Adriano
New York · Apr 17, 2020
 D
Garcia, Sylvia R.
Texas · Apr 17, 2020
Jackson Lee, Sheila
· Apr 17, 2020
 D
Neguse, Joe
Colorado · Apr 17, 2020
 D
Raskin, Jamie
Maryland · Apr 17, 2020
 D
Scanlon, Mary Gay
Pennsylvania · Apr 17, 2020
 D
Sherrill, Mikie
New Jersey · Apr 17, 2020
 D
Swalwell, Eric
California · Apr 17, 2020
Pascrell, Bill
· Apr 14, 2020
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6509: Public Safety Officer Pandemic Response Act of 2020. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-6509/
MLA
"H.R. 6509: Public Safety Officer Pandemic Response Act of 2020." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-6509/.
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H.R. 6509, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-6509/.
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