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Criminal History Access Act of 2025
To authorize peace officer standards and training agencies to access criminal history records, and for other purposes.
Summary
- Authorizes peace officer standards and training agencies to access criminal history records maintained by the FBI.
- Defines "peace officer standards and training agency" as a state agency with statutory authority to set standards for the hiring, training, ethical conduct, and retention of law enforcement officers through certification or licensing.
- Requires the Attorney General to amend the regulations within 180 days to implement the authorization for peace officer standards and training agencies to access criminal history records.
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Sponsor (1)
- Sen. Moran, Jerry [R-KS] (R-KS)
5 cosponsors
- Sen. Budd, Ted [R-NC] (R-NC)
- Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV] (D-NV)
- Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] (D-NH)
- Sen. Tillis, Thomas [R-NC] (R-NC)
- Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] (D-RI)
Actions (2)
- May 12, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. · senate
- May 12, 2025 Introduced in Senate
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
May 12, 2025
Mr. Moran (for himself and Mr. Whitehouse) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To authorize peace officer standards and training agencies to access criminal history records, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “Criminal History Access Act of 2025”.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) Peace officer standards and training agency.—The term “peace officer standards and training agency” means an agency of a State with the statutory authority under State law to set standards for the hiring, training, ethical conduct, and retention of the law enforcement officers of the State through certification, licensing, or other similar qualification process.
(2) State.—The term “State” means each of the several States of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and any territory or possession of the United States.
SEC. 3. AMENDMENTS.
(a) Title 28.—Section 534(e) of title 28, United States Code, is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking “and”;
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking the period and inserting “; and”; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
“(3) peace officer standards training agencies, as defined in section 2 of the Criminal History Access Act of 2025”.
(b) Regulations.—Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Attorney General shall amend section part 20 of title 28, Code of Federal Regulations, as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. <all>
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