S 1601 · in committee · significant
Journalist Protection Act
- civil rights
What this bill does
- Creates new federal crimes for intentionally injuring journalists or attempting to do so.
- Protects working journalists and news media professionals from violent attacks.
- Enforces penalties through federal criminal law with no new funding mechanism specified.
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Community Threads
Started by Cosponsor
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How would federal law distinguish between protecting journalists and applying the same protections to other professions regularly exposed to workplace violence?
- 02
What evidence exists that current state and federal assault laws inadequately protect journalists compared to other workers?
- 03
Who would bear the enforcement costs of prosecuting these new federal crimes, and how might that affect existing federal law enforcement priorities?
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Sponsor · D-CT
Richard Blumenthal
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Introduced 2025-05-05
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Legislative timeline
2025-05-05 · senate · IntroReferral
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
2025-05-05 · IntroReferral
Introduced in Senate
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