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S 2379 Passed a chamber

Authorizes the State Justice Institute to fund nonprofit groups that set up a center tracking and responding to threats against state and local judges and court staff.

Official title: Countering Threats and Attacks on Our Judges Act

Next stop House: awaiting action
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
House
Received 20-NOV-2025
Senate
Introduced 22-JUL-2025
Referred 22-JUL-2025
Passed 20-NOV-2025
Key points
  • Defines an eligible organization as a national nonprofit with judicial security expertise and courthouse design experience
  • Directs the State Justice Institute to provide financial and technical support to eligible organizations to establish a State judicial threat intelligence and resource center
  • The center would provide security training, monitor threats, coordinate with law enforcement, and maintain a national threat reporting database
  • Requires the Institute to submit an annual report to the Judiciary Committees on threats to state and local judges and court staff, broken down by type and seriousness
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Official CRS summary

Current. The Congressional Research Service's summary covers the bill's latest wording (Passed Senate, 20-NOV-2025).

CRS is the Library of Congress's nonpartisan research office. Read it on congress.gov
Committee referrals (1) Policy area

Law

Sponsor John Cornyn (R-TX) Cosponsors · 11
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