751 -- Journalist Protection Act | Poliscope

Journalist Protection Act

751

116th Congress

Crime and Law Enforcement

In Committee

Legislative Progress

✓

Introduced

Committee

Floor Vote

Other Chamber

Enacted

Introduced

March 12, 2019

Latest Action

March 12, 2019

Primary Sponsor

Richard BlumenthalDemocratic(CT)

Momentum (last 30 days)

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0 actions · 0 new cosponsors · 0 votes

Speed vs cohort

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Summary

Journalist Protection Act This bill establishes new criminal offenses for intentional acts (or attempts to commit acts) that cause bodily injury to a journalist.

Subjects (3)

Assault and harassment offenses

News media and reporting

Violent crime

Actions (2)

March 12, 2019

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

March 12, 2019

Introduced in Senate

Committees

Committee	Chamber	Activity	Date
Judiciary Committee	Senate	Referred to	March 12, 2019

Text Versions

Version	Date	Links
Introduced in Senate	March 12, 2019	XML

Cosponsors (1)

Name	Party	State
Robert Menendez	Democratic	NJ

Related Bills (1)

Bill	Congress	Relationship
HR 1684	116th	Identical bill

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Sources: Congress.gov