George Floyd Justice in Policing Act Passes House but Dies in Senate

The George Floyd Justice in Policing Act, which would have banned chokeholds and no-knock warrants at the federal level, ended qualified immunity for officers, established a national police misconduct registry, and required body cameras, passed the House on March 3, 2021 with a 220-212 vote. Senate negotiations led by Cory Booker and Tim Scott collapsed in September 2021, primarily over the qualified immunity issue. No federal police reform legislation was enacted. The failure represented a significant setback for reform advocates who had hoped the 2020 protest movement's scale would produce legislative change.