Chief Herbert D. Proffitt Act of 2025
This bill amends the Public Safety Officers' Death Benefits Program to include retired law enforcement officers who die or become permanently disabled due to targeted attacks related to their past service. It adds a new eligibility provision (Section 1201(p)) defining "retired law enforcement officer" and covering injuries from attacks specifically motivated by their former role. The law applies retroactively to pending claims and new filings after enactment, with exceptions for cases occurring before 2012. It directly affects retired officers whose service led to targeted violence, expanding their access to death and disability benefits under existing federal law.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2025
Committee Review
May 2025
Senate Passage
Jul 2025
House Passage
President
Introduced Mar 10, 2025
Last action Aug 1, 2025
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
10
Key actions
4
Committee
3
Jul 29, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S4796; text: CR S4797)
upper
Jul 29, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
upper
May 20, 2025
Upper · Passed
Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Grassley without amendment. Without written report.
upper
May 15, 2025
Upper · Passed
Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
upper
Mar 10, 2025
Committee
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
upper
Mar 10, 2025
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
upper
1 primary · 9 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Catherine Cortez Masto
DDemocratic
Co
Christopher A. Coons
DDemocratic
Co
Chuck Grassley
RRepublican
Co
Deb Fischer
RRepublican
Co
Jerry Moran
RRepublican
Co
Margaret Wood Hassan
DDemocratic
Co
Mitch McConnell
RRepublican
Co
Richard Blumenthal
DDemocratic
Co
Richard J. Durbin
DDemocratic
Co
Ruben Gallego
DDemocratic
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