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Journalist Protection Act

1601

119th Congress

Crime and Law Enforcement

In Committee

Legislative Progress

✓

Introduced

Committee

Floor Vote

Other Chamber

Enacted

Introduced

May 5, 2025

Latest Action

May 5, 2025

Primary Sponsor

Richard BlumenthalDemocratic(CT)

Momentum (last 30 days)

score

0 actions · 0 new cosponsors · 0 votes

Speed vs cohort

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0d open

vs 5,674 other S bills in the 119th — cohort avg 32d

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.

Actions (2)

May 5, 2025

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

May 5, 2025

Introduced in Senate

Committees

Committee	Chamber	Activity	Date
Judiciary Committee	Senate	Referred To	May 5, 2025

Text Versions

Version	Date	Links
Introduced in Senate	May 5, 2025	XML

Cosponsors (1)

Name	Party	State
Mazie K. Hirono	Democratic	HI

Related Bills (1)

Bill	Congress	Relationship
HR 3203	119th	Identical bill

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Sources: Congress.gov