United States · Bill · S
S. 1508 (116th)
Thin Blue Line Act
Introduced
16 May 2019
Last action
16 May 2019 · Introduced
Status
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Sponsors
Sen. Toomey, Patrick [R-PA], John Cornyn, Thomas Tillis, Sen. Perdue, David [R-GA], Tom Cotton, Mike Lee, Ron Johnson, John Hoeven, Martha McSally, Sen. Braun, Mike [R-IN], Shelley Capito, James Lankford, Sen. Portman, Rob [R-OH], Rep. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK-1], Joni Ernst, James Risch, Mike Rounds, Ted Cruz, Sen. Blunt, Roy [R-MO], John Kennedy, John Boozman, John Thune, Marsha Blackburn, Sen. Loeffler, Kelly [R-GA], Sen. Graham, Lindsey [R-SC], Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]
Subjects
Discovery layer
Source updated
10 August 2026
Summary
Thin Blue Line Act This bill expands the list of statutory aggravating factors in death penalty determinations to also include killing or targeting a law enforcement officer, firefighter, or other first responder.
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Timeline
16 May 2019
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Source: IntroReferral
16 May 2019
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
Votes
No vote records are attached yet.
Versions
- Introduced in Senate · 16 May 2019 · Official file
Documents
3 official files
Introduced in Senate (text)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 16 May 2019
Introduced in Senate (PDF)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 16 May 2019
Introduced in Senate
summary · EN · 16 May 2019
Sponsors
- Sen. Toomey, Patrick [R-PA] · R · Sponsor
- John Cornyn · R · Sponsor
- Thomas Tillis · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Perdue, David [R-GA] · R · Sponsor
- Tom Cotton · R · Sponsor
- Mike Lee · R · Sponsor
- Ron Johnson · R · Sponsor
- John Hoeven · R · Sponsor
- Martha McSally · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Braun, Mike [R-IN] · R · Sponsor
- Shelley Capito · R · Sponsor
- James Lankford · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Portman, Rob [R-OH] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK-1] · R · Sponsor
- Joni Ernst · R · Sponsor
- James Risch · R · Sponsor
- Mike Rounds · R · Sponsor
- Ted Cruz · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Blunt, Roy [R-MO] · R · Cosponsor
- John Kennedy · R · Cosponsor
- John Boozman · R · Cosponsor
- John Thune · R · Cosponsor
- Marsha Blackburn · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Loeffler, Kelly [R-GA] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Graham, Lindsey [R-SC] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL] · R · Cosponsor
- · ssju00 · Standing
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Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/1508
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/s/1508
- us · 116-s-1508 · source updated 10 August 2026