US Congress House Bill 4309 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 6-1)
Status: Introduced on March 29 2012 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2012-03-29 - Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Pending: House Judiciary 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 (thus authorizing 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. David Reichert [R-WA]	Rep. Michael Fitzpatrick [R-PA]	Rep. Joseph Heck [R-NV]	Rep. Peter King [R-NY]
Rep. Kenny Marchant [R-TX]	Rep. Bill Pascrell [D-NJ]	Rep. Frank Wolf [R-VA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-03-29	House	Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

SB2276 (Same As) 2012-05-23 - Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 413.
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/house-bill/4309/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/hr4309/BILLS-112hr4309ih.pdf