HR 3651 119th Congress House Crime and Law Enforcement

Protecting Our Protesters Act of 2025

Introduced: May 29, 2025 Introduced by: Omar, Ilhan Democratic · Minnesota See on congress.gov

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Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

May 29, 2025

Introduced in House

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Protecting Our Protesters Act of 2025

This bill modifies the criminal civil rights statute that prohibits deprivation of rights under color of law.

Current law prohibits the deprivation of federally protected rights, privileges, or immunities by a government official (including a law enforcement officer).

This bill specifies that use of force during a response to a protest constitutes a deprivation of rights, privileges, or immunities.

Additionally, the bill removes the death penalty as a penalty option if death results or if certain aggravating factors are present.

What's happening now May 29, 2025

Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

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Committees of jurisdiction 1

Judiciary Committee
House of Representatives

Lobbying activity 2

Registered lobbyists who named this bill in their disclosure filings. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

HUMAN RIGHTS FIRST
for HUMAN RIGHTS FIRST · New York · 4th Quarter (Oct 1 - Dec 31) 2025
HUMAN RIGHTS FIRST
for HUMAN RIGHTS FIRST · New York · 3rd Quarter (July 1 - Sep 30) 2025

Cosponsors 2

Jayapal, Pramila

Washington · May 29, 2025

Thompson, Bennie G.

Mississippi · May 29, 2025

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APA

U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3651: Protecting Our Protesters Act of 2025. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-3651/

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"H.R. 3651: Protecting Our Protesters Act of 2025." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-3651/.

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H.R. 3651, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-3651/.

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