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S. 3985JUSTICE Act
- Sponsor
- Tim Scott [R-SC]
- Cosponsors
- 48 · 48 Republicans
- Policy area
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Latest action
- Jan 1, 2021 · Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. (CR S7995)
- IntroducedJun 17, 2020
- Passed the SenateNot yet reached
- Passed the HouseNot yet reached
- Sent to the PresidentNot yet reached
- Became lawNot yet reached
This bill addresses policies and issues regarding policing practices and law enforcement accountability. The bill funds state and local grants, incentivizes state and local reporting on the use of certain policing practices, creates new federal offenses for certain misconduct, establishes a commission to study the conditions affecting Black men and boys, and establishes best practices and training requirements.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service, describing S. 3985 as introduced in Senate on Jun 17, 2020. It is not the text of the measure; a later amendment may have changed what it does.
Senate Jun 24, 2020
On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Motion to Proceed to S. 3985
Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected
55 Yea 45 Nay
Party-line vote 3 of 100 voting members broke with their own party: 2 Democrats, 1 Republican.
How the chamber split
DemocratsIndependentsRepublicansFilled: YeaRing: NayGrey: not voting or present
Showing 100 of 100 members
- RAlexanderTN · RepublicanYea
- DTammy BaldwinWI · DemocraticNay
- RJohn BarrassoWY · RepublicanYea
- DMichael F. BennetCO · DemocraticNay
- RMarsha BlackburnTN · RepublicanYea
- DRichard BlumenthalCT · DemocraticNay
- RBluntMO · RepublicanYea
- DCory A. BookerNJ · DemocraticRunning in 2026Nay
- RJohn BoozmanAR · RepublicanYea
- RBraunIN · RepublicanYea
- DBrownOH · DemocraticNay
- RBurrNC · RepublicanYea
- DMaria CantwellWA · DemocraticNay
- RShelley Moore CapitoWV · RepublicanRunning in 2026Yea
- DCardinMD · DemocraticNay
- DCarperDE · DemocraticNay
- DCaseyPA · DemocraticNay
- RBill CassidyLA · RepublicanRunning in 2026Yea
- RSusan M. CollinsME · RepublicanRunning in 2026Yea
- DChristopher A. CoonsDE · DemocraticRunning in 2026Nay
- RJohn CornynTX · RepublicanRunning in 2026Yea
- DCatherine Cortez MastoNV · DemocraticNay
- RTom CottonAR · RepublicanRunning in 2026Yea
- RKevin CramerND · RepublicanYea
- RMike CrapoID · RepublicanYea
- RTed CruzTX · RepublicanYea
- RSteve DainesMT · RepublicanYea
- DTammy DuckworthIL · DemocraticNay
- DRichard J. DurbinIL · DemocraticNay
- REnziWY · RepublicanYea
- RJoni ErnstIA · RepublicanYea
- DFeinsteinCA · DemocraticNay
- RDeb FischerNE · RepublicanYea
- RGardnerCO · RepublicanYea
- DKirsten E. GillibrandNY · DemocraticNay
- RGrahamSC · RepublicanYea
- RChuck GrassleyIA · RepublicanYea
- DHarrisCA · DemocraticNay
- DMargaret Wood HassanNH · DemocraticNay
- RJosh HawleyMO · RepublicanYea
- DMartin HeinrichNM · DemocraticNay
- DMazie K. HironoHI · DemocraticNay
- RJohn HoevenND · RepublicanYea
- RCindy Hyde-SmithMS · RepublicanRunning in 2026Yea
- RInhofeOK · RepublicanYea
- RRon JohnsonWI · RepublicanYea
- DJonesAL · DemocraticBroke with party (Democratic majority)Yea
- DTim KaineVA · DemocraticNay
- RJohn KennedyLA · RepublicanYea
- IAngus S. King, Jr.ME · IndependentYea
- DAmy KlobucharMN · DemocraticNay
- RJames LankfordOK · RepublicanYea
- DLeahyVT · DemocraticNay
- RMike LeeUT · RepublicanYea
- RLoefflerGA · RepublicanYea
- DManchinWV · DemocraticBroke with party (Democratic majority)Yea
- DEdward J. MarkeyMA · DemocraticRunning in 2026Nay
- RMitch McConnellKY · RepublicanBroke with party (Republican majority)Nay
- RMcSallyAZ · RepublicanYea
- DMenendezNJ · DemocraticNay
- DJeff MerkleyOR · DemocraticRunning in 2026Nay
- RJerry MoranKS · RepublicanYea
- RLisa MurkowskiAK · RepublicanYea
- DChristopher MurphyCT · DemocraticNay
- DPatty MurrayWA · DemocraticNay
- RRand PaulKY · RepublicanYea
- RPerdueGA · RepublicanYea
- DGary C. PetersMI · DemocraticNay
- RPortmanOH · RepublicanYea
- DJack ReedRI · DemocraticRunning in 2026Nay
- RJames E. RischID · RepublicanRunning in 2026Yea
- RRobertsKS · RepublicanYea
- RRomneyUT · RepublicanYea
- DJacky RosenNV · DemocraticNay
- RMike RoundsSD · RepublicanRunning in 2026Yea
- RRubioFL · RepublicanYea
- IBernard SandersVT · IndependentNay
- RSasseNE · RepublicanYea
- DBrian SchatzHI · DemocraticNay
- DCharles E. SchumerNY · DemocraticNay
- RRick ScottFL · RepublicanYea
- RTim ScottSC · RepublicanYea
- DJeanne ShaheenNH · DemocraticNay
- RShelbyAL · RepublicanYea
- DSinemaAZ · DemocraticNay
- DTina SmithMN · DemocraticNay
- DStabenowMI · DemocraticNay
- RDan SullivanAK · RepublicanRunning in 2026Yea
- DTesterMT · DemocraticNay
- RJohn ThuneSD · RepublicanYea
- RThom TillisNC · RepublicanYea
- RToomeyPA · RepublicanYea
- DUdallNM · DemocraticNay
- DChris Van HollenMD · DemocraticNay
- DMark R. WarnerVA · DemocraticRunning in 2026Nay
- DElizabeth WarrenMA · DemocraticNay
- DSheldon WhitehouseRI · DemocraticNay
- RRoger F. WickerMS · RepublicanYea
- DRon WydenOR · DemocraticNay
- RTodd YoungIN · RepublicanYea
100 members on this roll call, from the official Senate record. Party majorities need at least five voting members, so an independent never counts as breaking with a party.
Signing on is not a vote: a member can cosponsor S. 3985 and vote against it. 46 signed when it was filed.