H.R. 8525 · 118th Congress

George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2024

Introduced on May 23, 2024 by Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX-18). 155 cosponsors, all from the sponsor's party. Latest action (May 31, 2024): Referred to the Subcommittee on Innovation, Data, and Commerce.

Stage
Introduced
Introduced
May 23, 2024
Cosponsors
155
0 from the other party
Policy area
Crime and Law Enforcement
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Progress

The furthest stage the measure reached. Simple and concurrent resolutions do not go to the President.

  1. Introduced
  2. 2Reported by committee
  3. 3Passed one chamber
  4. 4Passed both chambers
  5. 5Sent to the President
  6. 6Became law

Official title

To hold law enforcement accountable for misconduct in court, improve transparency through data collection, and reform police training and policies.

Subjects

  • Administrative law and regulatory procedures
  • Administrative remedies
  • Aging
  • Assault and harassment offenses
  • Aviation and airports
  • Border security and unlawful immigration
  • Cardiovascular and respiratory health
  • Child safety and welfare
  • Civil actions and liability
  • Community life and organization
  • Congressional oversight
  • Constitution and constitutional amendments
  • Correctional facilities and imprisonment
  • Crime victims
  • Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
  • Criminal justice information and records
  • Criminal procedure and sentencing
  • Customs enforcement
  • Department of Justice
  • Detention of persons
  • Drug trafficking and controlled substances
  • Due process and equal protection
  • Elementary and secondary education
  • Employee hiring
  • Employee performance
  • Employment and training programs
  • Employment discrimination and employee rights
  • Evidence and witnesses
  • Executive agency funding and structure
  • Firearms and explosives
  • Foreign language and bilingual programs
  • Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
  • Government information and archives
  • Government liability
  • Government studies and investigations
  • Hate crimes
  • Human rights
  • Immigration status and procedures
  • Judicial procedure and administration
  • Juvenile crime and gang violence
  • Labor-management relations
  • Law enforcement administration and funding
  • Law enforcement officers
  • Legal fees and court costs
  • Mental health
  • Military civil functions
  • Military facilities and property
  • Motor vehicles
  • Pedestrians and bicycling
  • Performance measurement
  • Personnel records
  • Photography and imaging
  • Racial and ethnic relations
  • Religion
  • Right of privacy
  • Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
  • Sound recording
  • State and local government operations
  • Telephone and wireless communication
  • Violent crime
  • Women's health

Summary

The Congressional Research Service has not summarized this measure yet.

Sponsor and cosponsors

Cosponsors by party as of the day they signed on. Original cosponsors signed on the day of introduction.

Sheila Jackson LeeD-TX-18Sponsor

Democrats · 155

Roll calls

Recorded votes on the measure. Most measures move by voice vote or unanimous consent, which record no individual positions.

No recorded roll call on this measure: it moved by voice vote or unanimous consent, or has not reached the floor.

History

Every action as published, oldest first. Roll calls link to how each member voted.

  1. May 23, 2024Introduced in House
  2. May 23, 2024Introduced in House
  3. May 23, 2024 · HouseReferred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, and Energy and Commerce, 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.
  4. May 23, 2024 · HouseReferred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, and Energy and Commerce, 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.
  5. May 23, 2024 · HouseReferred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, and Energy and Commerce, 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.
  6. May 31, 2024 · HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on Innovation, Data, and Commerce.

Committees

Committees and subcommittees the measure was referred to.

Agencies in its committees' jurisdiction

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Who lobbied on it

Organizations whose lobbying reports (LD-2) name this measure. Spending is what they reported for those quarters on all issues, not on this measure alone.

  1. American Civil Liberties Union3 reports
    $1.3M reported (all issues)
  2. Earthjustice Action3 reports
    $355.4K reported (all issues)
  3. Amazon.com Services LLC2 reports
    $8.9M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: AMAZON.COM SERVICES LLC$285.9K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  4. Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights2 reports
    $1.1M reported (all issues)
  5. Earthjustice1 report
    $153K reported (all issues)
  6. LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF THE U.S.1 report
    $140K reported (all issues)

Reports filed in 2024.

Sources and method

Every figure on this page traces to these records.

  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 10, 2026 · loaded Oct 10, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives)Clerk of the House, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (organizations only; lobbyists' names are not loaded) · data current to Oct 10, 2026 · loaded Oct 10, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.