House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Protect and Serve Act of 2025
Official title: To amend title 18, United States Code, to punish criminal offenses targeting law enforcement officers, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. John Rutherford R-FLWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 25, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 25, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1551.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. RUTHERFORD, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 37, February 25, 2025, Page H837):Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 25, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 55 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1551, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1551
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 6, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 7, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of October 6, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
119 cosponsors — 95 Republicans, 23 Democrats, 1 independent
23 of 119 cosponsors (19%) are from the other party.
Mark Amodei (R-NV), Brian Babin (R-TX), Don Bacon (R-NE), Troy Balderson (R-OH), Andy Barr (R-KY), Aaron Bean (R-FL), Stephanie Bice (R-OK), Mike Bost (R-IL), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Robert Bresnahan (R-PA), Tim Burchett (R-TN), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Mike Carey (R-OH), Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ), Tom Cole (R-OK), J. Correa (D-CA), Jim Costa (D-CA), Angie Craig (D-MN), Jeff Crank (R-CO), Sharice Davids (D-KS), Donald Davis (D-NC), Christopher Deluzio (D-PA), Scott DesJarlais (R-TN), Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Chuck Edwards (R-NC), Gabe Evans (R-CO), Mike Ezell (R-MS), Pat Fallon (R-TX), Julie Fedorchak (R-ND), Randy Feenstra (R-IA) and 89 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. John Rutherford.
- H.R. 9503 (119th) Officer Leslie Coffelt U.S. Secret Service Police Act of 2026
- H.R. 2094 (119th) HELPER Act of 2025
- H.R. 1773 (119th) Federal Firearms Licensee Protection Act of 2025
- H.R. 2577 (119th) PLAN for School Safety Act of 2025
- H.R. 470 (119th) Red Snapper Act of 2025
- H.R. 6068 (119th) PROTECT Florida Act
Related bills
- S. 167 (119th) Protect and Serve Act of 2025Related bill
- S. 5214 (119th) Protect and Serve Act of 2026Related bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Oct 7, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.