S 83 · in committee · significant
Thin Blue Line Act
- criminal justice
What this bill does
- This bill adds killing or targeting law enforcement, firefighters, or first responders as a factor that can increase a death penalty sentence.
- It affects defendants prosecuted for murders of police officers, firefighters, and emergency responders in capital cases.
- The bill takes effect upon passage and applies to future death penalty sentencing decisions.
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Community Threads
Started by Cosponsor
- 01
How would making killing a law enforcement officer a death penalty aggravating factor change sentencing outcomes compared to current murder convictions?
- 02
What evidence exists that enhancing penalties for crimes against first responders deters violence against them more effectively than existing laws?
- 03
Should the death penalty enhancement apply equally to all first responders, or should distinctions exist between different types of emergency work?
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Sponsor · R-TX
Ted Cruz
Citizen cosponsors
0
In Congress
16/ 100
Senators cosponsoring
Introduced 2025-01-14
Joining the bill
John Kennedy
R-LA · original
Marsha Blackburn
R-TN · original
John Boozman
R-AR · original
Ted Budd
R-NC · original
Rick Scott
R-FL · original
Bill Hagerty
R-TN · original
John Hoeven
R-ND · original
Ron Johnson
R-WI · original
James Lankford
R-OK · original
Eric Schmitt
R-MO
Katie Boyd Britt
R-AL
James C. Justice
R-WV
+ 4 more
Legislative timeline
2025-01-14 · senate · IntroReferral
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
2025-01-14 · IntroReferral
Introduced in Senate
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