119th Congress
S. 1563
Retired Law Enforcement Officers Continuing Service Act
- Introduced
- In committee
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To President
- Became law
- Sponsor
- Amy Klobuchar(D-MN)
- Introduced
- May 1, 2025
- Policy area
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Committees
- Senate Committee on the Judiciary
- Official text
- Reported to Senate · Congress.gov page
Cosponsors (6)
Original cosponsors (1)
- Chuck Grassley (R-IA)
Added later (5)
- Richard J. Durbin (D-IL) · May 8, 2025
- Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) · May 20, 2025
- Christopher A. Coons (D-DE) · May 21, 2025
- Jon Ossoff (D-GA) · Jul 17, 2025
- Jeff Merkley (D-OR) · Dec 1, 2025
Summary
Summary by the Congressional Research Service· describes the “Reported to Senate” version
Retired Law Enforcement Officers Continuing Service Act
This bill authorizes the Department of Justice to award grants for state, local, tribal, and territorial law enforcement agencies to hire retired law enforcement personnel to perform civilian law enforcement tasks on behalf of the agency and to train civilian employees in the performance of such tasks.
Under the bill, the term civilian law enforcement task includes assisting with certain investigations, reviewing camera footage, conducting crime scene analysis, and conducting forensic analysis.
Roll-call votes
No recorded votes on this bill.
Actions
- May 20, 2025 · Senate
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 83. - May 20, 2025 · Senate
Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Grassley with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report. - May 15, 2025 · Senate
Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably. - May 1, 2025 · Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. - May 1, 2025
Introduced in Senate