US Congress House Bill 6622 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on November 30 2012 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2012-12-07 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Commercial and Administrative Law.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Courts, Commercial and Administrative Law Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Officer Safety Act of 2012 - Amends the federal judicial code to deem a law enforcement officer who is the defendant in a criminal prosecution to have been acting under the color of his office, solely for purposes of determining the propriety of removal of the case to U.S. district court, if the officer: (1) protected an individual in the officer's presence from a crime of violence; (2) provided immediate assistance to an individual who suffered, or who was threatened with, bodily harm; or (3) prevented the escape of any individual whom the officer reasonably believed to have committed, or was about to commit, in the officer's presence a crime of violence that resulted in, or that was likely to result in, death or serious bodily injury.

Officer Safety Act of 2012

Rep. Daniel Lungren [R-CA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-12-07	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Commercial and Administrative Law.
2012-11-30	House	Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

HB4309 (Related) 2012-03-29 - Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
SB2276 (Related) 2012-05-23 - Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 413.
HB4310 (Related) 2013-01-02 - Became Public Law No: 112-239.
SB3254 (Related) 2012-12-12 - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 829, papers are returned to the Senate.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/house-bill/6622/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/hr6622/BILLS-112hr6622ih.pdf