On March 3, 2021, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act (H.R. 1280) by a 220-212 vote. Introduced by Representative Karen Bass, the bill would have banned chokeholds and no-knock warrants in federal drug cases, prohibited racial profiling, raised use-of-force standards, and curtailed qualified immunity so officers could more readily be held liable for misconduct. The bill stalled in the Senate, largely over the qualified-immunity provisions, and did not become law.
On March 3, 2021, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act (H.R. 1280) by a 220-212 vote. Introduced by Representative Karen Bass, the bill would have banned chokeholds and no-knock warrants in federal drug cases, prohibited racial profiling, raised use-of-force standards, and curtailed qualified immunity so officers could more readily be held liable for misconduct. The bill stalled in the Senate, largely over the qualified-immunity provisions, and did not become law.
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A legislative attempt to expand police accountability and limit qualified immunity reflects accountability pressure on state actors; modest weight because the bill did not become law.
