US Congress Senate Bill 2276 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-3)
Status: Introduced on March 29 2012 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2012-05-23 - Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 413.
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

Sen. Chuck Grassley [R-IA]	Sen. Richard Blumenthal [D-CT]	Sen. Tom Coburn [R-OK]	Sen. Christopher Coons [D-DE]
Sen. Richard Durbin [D-IL]	Sen. Dianne Feinstein [D-CA]	Sen. Amy Klobuchar [D-MN]	Sen. Charles Schumer [D-NY]
Sen. Jeff Sessions [R-AL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-05-23	Senate	Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 413.
2012-05-23	Senate	Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Leahy with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
2012-05-17	Senate	Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
2012-03-29	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
2012-03-29	Senate	Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2253-2254)

HB4309 (Same As) 2012-03-29 - Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
HB6622 (Related) 2012-12-07 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Commercial and Administrative Law.
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/senate-bill/2276/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/s2276/BILLS-112s2276is.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/s2276/BILLS-112s2276rs.pdf