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S. 3985 · 116th Congress

A bill to improve and reform policing practices, accountability, and transparency.

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Just and Unifying Solutions To Invigorate Communities Everywhere Act of 2020 or the JUSTICE Act

What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in Senate · Jun 17, 2020

Just and Unifying Solutions To Invigorate Communities Everywhere Act of 2020 or the JUSTICE Act

This bill addresses policies and issues regarding policing practices and law enforcement accountability. The bill funds state and local grants, incentivizes state and local reporting on the use of certain policing practices, creates new federal offenses for certain misconduct, establishes a commission to study the conditions affecting Black men and boys, and establishes best practices and training requirements.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

About this bill and sources

Official title: A bill to improve and reform policing practices, accountability, and transparency.

Latest action (Jan 1, 2021): Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. (CR S7995)

Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement · Origin: Senate · Introduced: Jun 17, 2020

Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML) · Embed in your story

Latest vote · Senate · Jun 24, 2020

Ending debate on taking up the measure (cloture) — Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected. Vote details

Senate Majority Leader: Mitch McConnell

Table of every position
MemberParty at voteSeatPosition
Dan SullivanRAKYea
Lisa MurkowskiRAKYea
Doug JonesDALYea
Richard ShelbyRALYea
John BoozmanRARYea
Tom CottonRARYea
Kyrsten SinemaDAZNay
Martha McSallyRAZYea
Dianne FeinsteinDCANay
Kamala HarrisDCANay
Cory GardnerRCOYea
Michael BennetDCONay
Christopher MurphyDCTNay
Richard BlumenthalDCTNay
Christopher CoonsDDENay
Thomas CarperDDENay
Marco RubioRFLYea
Rick ScottRFLYea
David PerdueRGAYea
Kelly LoefflerRGAYea
Brian SchatzDHINay
Mazie HironoDHINay
Chuck GrassleyRIAYea
Joni ErnstRIAYea
James RischRIDYea
Mike CrapoRIDYea
Richard DurbinDILNay
Tammy DuckworthDILNay
Mike BraunRINYea
Todd YoungRINYea
Jerry MoranRKSYea
Pat RobertsRKSYea
Mitch McConnellRKYNay
Rand PaulRKYYea
Bill CassidyRLAYea
John KennedyRLAYea
Ed MarkeyDMANay
Elizabeth WarrenDMANay
Benjamin CardinDMDNay
Chris Van HollenDMDNay
Angus KingIMEYea
Susan CollinsRMEYea
Debbie StabenowDMINay
Gary PetersDMINay
Amy KlobucharDMNNay
Tina SmithDMNNay
Josh HawleyRMOYea
Roy BluntRMOYea
Cindy Hyde-SmithRMSYea
Roger WickerRMSYea
Jon TesterDMTNay
Steve DainesRMTYea
Richard BurrRNCYea
Thom TillisRNCYea
John HoevenRNDYea
Kevin CramerRNDYea
Ben SasseRNEYea
Deb FischerRNEYea
Jeanne ShaheenDNHNay
Maggie HassanDNHNay
Bob MenendezDNJNay
Cory BookerDNJNay
Martin HeinrichDNMNay
Tom UdallDNMNay
Catherine Cortez MastoDNVNay
Jacky RosenDNVNay
Chuck SchumerDNYNay
Kirsten GillibrandDNYNay
Rob PortmanROHYea
Sherrod BrownDOHNay
James LankfordROKYea
Jim InhofeROKYea
Jeff MerkleyDORNay
Ron WydenDORNay
Bob CaseyDPANay
Pat ToomeyRPAYea
Jack ReedDRINay
Sheldon WhitehouseDRINay
Lindsey GrahamRSCYea
Tim ScottRSCYea
John ThuneRSDYea
Mike RoundsRSDYea
Lamar AlexanderRTNYea
Marsha BlackburnRTNYea
John CornynRTXYea
Ted CruzRTXYea
Mike LeeRUTYea
Mitt RomneyRUTYea
Mark WarnerDVANay
Tim KaineDVANay
Bernie SandersIVTNay
Patrick LeahyDVTNay
Maria CantwellDWANay
Patty MurrayDWANay
Ron JohnsonRWIYea
Tammy BaldwinDWINay
Joe ManchinDWVYea
Shelley CapitoRWVYea
John BarrassoRWYYea
Michael EnziRWYYea