Countering Threats and Attacks on Our Judges Act
Sponsored By: Representative McBath
Introduced
Summary
This bill would create and fund a State judicial threat intelligence and resource center to help track and respond to threats against State and local judges and court staff. It would expand which national nonprofits can receive support and centralize threat reporting and coordination with law enforcement.
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- State and local judges and court staff would get technical assistance, safety training, and physical security assessments for courthouses, homes, and other places where they do court work.
- National nonprofit organizations with courthouse design expertise and experience working across trial, appellate, rural, and limited-jurisdiction courts would become eligible for funding and support.
- The center would develop standardized incident reporting, create a national database to report and track threats and incidents, and coordinate research on best practices for judicial security.
- The center would coordinate with Federal, State, and local law enforcement and fusion centers to monitor and mitigate threats to judicial officers and court staff.
- The State Justice Institute would submit an annual report to the Senate and House Judiciary Committees starting one year after the center is established, detailing the number of threats and the types and seriousness of those threats.
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More security help for state judges
The bill would let the State Justice Institute fund national nonprofits to set up State judicial threat and intelligence centers. These centers would train judges, courts, and local police on safety, and create clear guides and resources. They would check security at courthouses and, when needed, at judges’ homes and other work sites. They would watch for threats, share information with law enforcement and fusion centers, set common reporting rules, and build a national database of threats and incidents. The Institute would also have to report to Congress on the number and kinds of threats within 1 year after the center starts, and then every year.
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Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
McBath
GA • D
Cosponsors
McCaul
TX • R
Sponsored 7/22/2025
Raskin
MD • D
Sponsored 7/22/2025
Gooden
TX • R
Sponsored 7/22/2025
Johnson (GA)
GA • D
Sponsored 7/22/2025
Sessions
TX • R
Sponsored 7/22/2025
Neguse
CO • D
Sponsored 7/22/2025
Doggett
TX • D
Sponsored 7/22/2025
Moran
TX • R
Sponsored 7/22/2025
Kustoff
TN • R
Sponsored 7/22/2025
Simpson
ID • R
Sponsored 9/26/2025
Sewell
AL • D
Sponsored 9/26/2025
Kean
NJ • R
Sponsored 10/3/2025
Swalwell
CA • D
Sponsored 10/3/2025
Maloy
UT • R
Sponsored 10/21/2025
Krishnamoorthi
IL • D
Sponsored 10/21/2025
Yakym
IN • R
Sponsored 3/3/2026
Landsman
OH • D
Sponsored 3/3/2026
Baird
IN • R
Sponsored 3/12/2026
Pettersen
CO • D
Sponsored 3/12/2026
Houchin
IN • R
Sponsored 3/24/2026
Garamendi
CA • D
Sponsored 3/24/2026
Schmidt
KS • R
Sponsored 4/14/2026
Morrison
MN • D
Sponsored 4/14/2026
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