Protect and Serve Act of 2025
The summary
What this bill does
Protect and Serve Act of 2025
This bill establishes a new criminal offense for knowingly assaulting a law enforcement officer and causing serious bodily injury (or attempting to do so) in circumstances that affect interstate commerce.
It imposes criminal penalties—a prison term, a fine, or both—on a violator.
Legislative timeline
From introduction
Jan 21, 2025
Introduced & referred to committee
Congressional support
Sponsors & Cosponsors
U.S. Representative - NC · R-NC
25 cosponsors
U.S. Representative - Idaho District 2 · R-ID
U.S. Representative - NE · R-NE
U.S. Representative - ID · R-ID
U.S. Representative - Kansas District 1 · R-KS
U.S. Representative - WV · R-WV
U.S. Senator - Ohio · R-OH
U.S. Representative - TX · R-TX
U.S. Representative - AL · R-AL
U.S. Representative - NE · R-NE
U.S. Representative - PA · R-PA
U.S. Representative - SC · R-SC
U.S. Senator - Florida · R-FL
+ 13 more cosponsors
Roll-call vote
The vote, by member
The vote, by member
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Bill Metadata
| Congress | 119 |
| Bill Type | S |
| Bill Number | 167 |
| Origin Chamber | Senate |
| Current Status | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. |
| Policy Area | Crime and Law Enforcement |
| Primary Committee | Not assigned |
| Introduced | January 21, 2025 |
| Latest Action | January 21, 2025 |
| Cosponsors | 25 · House vote — · — views |