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S 307 · introduced · significant

Prison Staff Safety Enhancement Act

What this bill does

  • The bill requires the Department of Justice to establish national standards for preventing and responding to sexual harassment and assault by prisoners against prison staff.
  • Prison employees and the Bureau of Prisons are affected by these new safety requirements and incident response procedures.
  • The bill mandates implementation of DOJ Inspector General recommendations with no specific appropriations or timeline mentioned.

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  1. 01

    What specific training and facility design changes would most effectively reduce sexual harassment and assault incidents against prison staff?

  2. 02

    How should the DOJ prioritize implementing Inspector General recommendations if Congress doesn't allocate funding for these new safety standards?

  3. 03

    Which prison facilities or staff roles face the highest risk, and how might national standards account for different facility types and conditions?

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Sponsor · R-TN

Marsha Blackburn

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Introduced 2025-05-05

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Legislative timeline

  1. 2025-05-05 · house · Floor

    Held at the desk.

  2. 2025-05-05 · house · Floor

    Received in the House.

  3. 2025-05-01 · senate · Floor

    Message on Senate action sent to the House.

  4. 2025-04-29 · senate · Floor

    Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S2643; text: CR S2643)

  5. 2025-04-29 · Floor

    Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S2643: 2; text: CR S2643)

  6. 2025-04-29 · senate · Discharge

    Senate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent.

  7. 2025-04-29 · Committee

    Senate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent.

  8. 2025-01-29 · senate · IntroReferral

    Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

  9. 2025-01-29 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in Senate

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