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--- name: George Floyd Justice in Policing Act type: legislation status: deprecated version: 1.0.0 released: 2021-03-03 maintainer: 117th United States Congress (House) dependencies: - George Floyd (1973–2020) - Civil Rights Act of 1964 - qualified immunity doctrine - public pressure - Democratic House majority license: Public Domain (never enacted) tags: - policing - civil rights - reform - federal legislation - United States - accountability - stalled slug: george-floyd-justice-in-policing-act ---
A federal bill passed twice by the House that proposed the most significant overhaul of policing in America in decades, then stalled in the Senate and was never signed into law.
The bill compiled a set of reforms targeting police accountability, transparency, and civil rights enforcement at the federal level. It passed the House in March 2021 with 220 votes. It then entered the Senate, where bipartisan negotiations failed to produce a compromise. The bill expired at the end of the 117th Congress without a floor vote in the upper chamber.
The primary points of failure:
| Provision | Status in bill |
|---|---|
| Ban on chokeholds | Included |
| End qualified immunity | Included |
| National police misconduct registry | Included |
| Body camera mandate (federal officers) | Included |
| Racial profiling prohibition | Included |
| Consent decree expansion (DOJ) | Included |
ERR_FILIBUSTER_THRESHOLD_NOT_MET // 60 votes required, ~56 available
ERR_QUALIFIED_IMMUNITY_UNRESOLVED // core provision blocked in negotiation
ERR_SESSION_EXPIRED // 117th Congress ended 2023-01-03
ERR_COMPROMISE_BILL_ABANDONED // Scott-Booker talks collapsed June 2021
WARN_PARTIAL_ENACTMENT_DETECTED // Emmett Till Antilynching Act extracted
Did anything pass? Parts. The Emmett Till Antilynching Act survived the wreckage. Some cities and states enacted local versions of the reforms independently.
Is this bill still active? No. It would need to be reintroduced in a new Congress, under conditions that do not currently exist.
What about executive action? President Biden signed an executive order in May 2022 directing federal agencies to adopt some provisions. Executive orders do not carry the weight or permanence of statute and can be reversed by the next administration.
2020-06-08 First introduced, nine days after George Floyd's death2021-03-03 Passed the House (220-212)2021-09-22 Bipartisan negotiations formally collapsed2022-05-25 Biden executive order signed, two years after Floyd's death2023-01-03 Bill expired with the 117th Congress