HR 7134
116th Congress
House
Crime and Law Enforcement
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Evidence and witnesses
Law enforcement officers
Bend Toward Justice Act of 2020
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 8, 2020
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Jun 8, 2020
Introduced in House
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Plain-English summary
Bend Toward Justice Act of 2020
This bill lowers the criminal intent standard—from willful to reckless—to convict a government official (including a law enforcement officer) for deprivation of rights while acting under color of law.
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Bill text
1 version
- Introduced in House Formatted Text PDF Formatted XML
Committees of jurisdiction
1
Cosponsors
25
D
García, Jesús G. "Chuy"
D
Beatty, Joyce
D
Larson, John B.
D
Takano, Mark
D
Blunt Rochester, Lisa
Brown, Anthony
Butterfield, G. K.
D
Clark, Katherine M.
D
Cohen, Steve
COOPER, JAMES
ENGEL, ELIOT
HASTINGS, ALCEE
D
Jeffries, Hakeem S.
JOHNSON, EDDIE
Maloney, Sean
D
McGovern, James P.
D
Meeks, Gregory W.
D
Meng, Grace
D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
Rice, Kathleen
D
Sewell, Terri A.
D
Trahan, Lori
D
Velázquez, Nydia M.
D
Watson Coleman, Bonnie
D
Welch, Peter
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 7134: Bend Toward Justice Act of 2020. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-7134/
"H.R. 7134: Bend Toward Justice Act of 2020." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-7134/.
H.R. 7134, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-7134/.
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