S 5545 119th Congress Senate

A bill to provide for grants for States that require fair and impartial police training for law enforcement officers of that State and to incentivize States to enact laws requiring the independent…

Official title: A bill to provide for grants for States that require fair and impartial police training for law enforcement officers of that State and to incentivize States to… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to provide for grants for States that require fair and impartial police training for law enforcement officers of that State and to incentivize States to enact laws requiring the independent investigation and prosecution of the use of deadly force by law enforcement officers, and for other purposes.

Introduced: September 24, 2026 Introduced by: Duckworth, Tammy Democratic · Illinois See on congress.gov

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Sep 24, 2026

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Sep 24, 2026

Introduced in Senate

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What's happening now September 24, 2026

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Committees of jurisdiction 1

Judiciary Committee
Senate

Cosponsors 10

Baldwin, Tammy

Wisconsin · Sep 24, 2026

Blumenthal, Richard

Connecticut · Sep 24, 2026

Cantwell, Maria

Washington · Sep 24, 2026

Durbin, Richard J.

Illinois · Sep 24, 2026

Hirono, Mazie K.

Hawaii · Sep 24, 2026

Kaine, Tim

Virginia · Sep 24, 2026

Merkley, Jeff

Oregon · Sep 24, 2026

Padilla, Alex

California · Sep 24, 2026

Welch, Peter

Vermont · Sep 24, 2026

Wyden, Ron

Oregon · Sep 24, 2026

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APA

U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 5545: A bill to provide for grants for States that require fair and impartial police training for law enforcement officers of that State and to incentivize States to enact laws requiring the independent investigation and prosecution of the use of deadly force by law enforcement officers, and for other purposes.. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-5545/

MLA

"S. 5545: A bill to provide for grants for States that require fair and impartial police training for law enforcement officers of that State and to incentivize States to enact laws requiring the independent investigation and prosecution of the use of deadly force by law enforcement officers, and for other purposes.." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-5545/.

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S. 5545, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-5545/.

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[S. 5545: A bill to provide for grants for States that require fair and impartial police training for law enforcement officers of that State and to incentivize States to enact laws requiring the independent investigation and prosecution of the use of deadly force by law enforcement officers, and for other purposes.](https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-5545/)