HR 6579
Justice for Breonna Taylor Act
Summary
Justice for Breonna Taylor Act This bill prohibits no-knock warrants, which generally permit law enforcement officers to enter a premises without first identifying their authority and purpose. Specifically, it requires federal law enforcement officers to provide notice of their authority and purpose before executing a warrant. State and local law enforcement agencies that receive funds from the Department of Justice must execute warrants that require the serving officer to provide notice of his or her authority and purpose before forcibly entering a premises.
Bill status
- Status
- In committee
- Sponsor
- Rep. Morgan McGarvey [D-KY-3]
- Cosponsors
- 31
- Policy area
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Introduced
- 2025-12-10
- Latest action
- 2025-12-10: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Committee referrals
Recent actions
- 2025-12-10: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
- 2025-12-10: Introduced in House
- 2025-12-10: Introduced in House