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H.R. 8782 116th Congress House

Keeping All Students Safe Act

Official title: To prohibit and prevent seclusion, mechanical restraint, chemical restraint, and dangerous restraints that restrict breathing, and to prevent and reduce the us… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To prohibit and prevent seclusion, mechanical restraint, chemical restraint, and dangerous restraints that restrict breathing, and to prevent and reduce the use of physical restraint in schools, and for other purposes.

Introduced: November 19, 2020 Introduced by: Donald S. Beyer, Jr. Democratic · Virginia See on congress.gov
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Nov 19, 2020
Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Nov 19, 2020
Introduced in House
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 Latest action November 19, 2020

Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Keeping All Students Safe Act

This bill prohibits the use of seclusion and limits the use of physical restraint in schools and Head Start programs that receive federal funding. It also establishes enforcement provisions, including a private right of action for a student who has been subjected to unlawful seclusion or restraint, and creates a grant program for state educational agencies to implement the procedures required by the bill.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • S 4924 Identical bill Keeping All Students Safe Act
  • HR 3474 Reintroduced Bill Keeping All Students Safe Act
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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 81
All 81 Democratic 45
D
Panetta, Jimmy
California · Dec 21, 2020
 D
Gallego, Ruben
Arizona · Dec 18, 2020
Kildee, Daniel
· Dec 18, 2020
 D
Sherrill, Mikie
New Jersey · Dec 18, 2020
 D
Bonamici, Suzanne
Oregon · Dec 17, 2020
 D
Lynch, Stephen F.
Massachusetts · Dec 16, 2020
Shalala, Donna
· Dec 16, 2020
 D
Barragán, Nanette Diaz
California · Dec 15, 2020
 D
Clarke, Yvette D.
New York · Dec 15, 2020
CLAY, WM.
· Dec 15, 2020
 D
García, Jesús G. "Chuy"
Illinois · Dec 15, 2020
McNerney, Jerry
· Dec 15, 2020
 D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Dec 15, 2020
RYAN, TIM
· Dec 15, 2020
 D
Thompson, Bennie G.
Mississippi · Dec 15, 2020
JOHNSON, EDDIE
· Nov 24, 2020
Lawrence, Brenda
· Nov 24, 2020
 D
Morelle, Joseph D.
New York · Nov 24, 2020
 D
Pocan, Mark
Wisconsin · Nov 24, 2020
 D
Raskin, Jamie
Maryland · Nov 24, 2020
ROYBAL-ALLARD, LUCILLE
· Nov 24, 2020
Ruppersberger, C.
· Nov 24, 2020
 D
Scanlon, Mary Gay
Pennsylvania · Nov 24, 2020
Speier, Jackie
· Nov 24, 2020
 D
Vargas, Juan
California · Nov 24, 2020
 D
Adams, Alma S.
North Carolina · Nov 19, 2020
 D
Beatty, Joyce
Ohio · Nov 19, 2020
 D
Bishop, Sanford D.
Georgia · Nov 19, 2020
 D
Blunt Rochester, Lisa
Delaware · Nov 19, 2020
Brown, Anthony
· Nov 19, 2020
Bustos, Cheri
· Nov 19, 2020
Cárdenas, Tony
· Nov 19, 2020
 D
Casten, Sean
Illinois · Nov 19, 2020
 D
Clark, Katherine M.
Massachusetts · Nov 19, 2020
 D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Nov 19, 2020
 D
Connolly, Gerald E.
Virginia · Nov 19, 2020
 D
Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · Nov 19, 2020
DAVIS, SUSAN
· Nov 19, 2020
 D
Dean, Madeleine
Pennsylvania · Nov 19, 2020
 D
DeSaulnier, Mark
California · Nov 19, 2020
 D
Espaillat, Adriano
New York · Nov 19, 2020
Fudge, Marcia
· Nov 19, 2020
 D
Gomez, Jimmy
California · Nov 19, 2020
 D
Grijalva, Raúl M.
Arizona · Nov 19, 2020
Haaland, Debra
· Nov 19, 2020
HASTINGS, ALCEE
· Nov 19, 2020
 D
Hayes, Jahana
Connecticut · Nov 19, 2020
 D
Himes, James A.
Connecticut · Nov 19, 2020
 D
Jayapal, Pramila
Washington · Nov 19, 2020
 D
Johnson, Henry C. "Hank"
Georgia · Nov 19, 2020
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 8782: Keeping All Students Safe Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-8782/
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