# 116-hr-8782: Keeping All Students Safe Act

116-hr-8782, Keeping All Students Safe Act, is a 116th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Beyer, Donald S. [D-VA-8] (D-VA); status Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 116-hr-8782
- Congress: 116
- Title: Keeping All Students Safe Act
- Status: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- Introduced: 2020-11-19
- Sponsor: Rep. Beyer, Donald S. [D-VA-8] (D-VA)
- Cosponsors: 81
- Policy area: Education
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Keeping All Students Safe Act This bill prohibits the use of seclusion and limits the use of physical restraint in schools and Head Start programs that receive federal funding. It also establishes enforcement provisions, including a private right of action for a student who has been subjected to unlawful seclusion or restraint, and creates a grant program for state educational agencies to implement the procedures required by the bill.

## Cosponsors (81)

- Rep. McEachin, A. Donald [D-VA-4] (D-VA), 2020-11-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Scott, Robert C. "Bobby" [D-VA-3] (D-VA), 2020-11-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11] (D-VA), 2020-11-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7] (D-IL), 2020-11-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] (D-DC), 2020-11-19T00:00:00.000Z
- SUSAN DAVIS (D-CA), 2020-11-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Krishnamoorthi, Raja [D-IL-8] (D-IL), 2020-11-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Jayapal, Pramila [D-WA-7] (D-WA), 2020-11-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Larson, John B. [D-CT-1] (D-CT), 2020-11-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Maloney, Sean Patrick [D-NY-18] (D-NY), 2020-11-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Tonko, Paul [D-NY-20] (D-NY), 2020-11-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Pingree, Chellie [D-ME-1] (D-ME), 2020-11-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Napolitano, Grace F. [D-CA-31] (D-CA), 2020-11-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Moore, Gwen [D-WI-4] (D-WI), 2020-11-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cárdenas, Tony [D-CA-29] (D-CA), 2020-11-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Gomez, Jimmy [D-CA-34] (D-CA), 2020-11-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Langevin, James R. [D-RI-2] (D-RI), 2020-11-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kennedy, Joseph P., III [D-MA-4] (D-MA), 2020-11-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. DeSaulnier, Mark [D-CA-10] (D-CA), 2020-11-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Wilson, Frederica S. [D-FL-24] (D-FL), 2020-11-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Espaillat, Adriano [D-NY-13] (D-NY), 2020-11-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Hayes, Jahana [D-CT-5] (D-CT), 2020-11-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-12] (D-CA), 2020-11-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Himes, James A. [D-CT-4] (D-CT), 2020-11-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Takano, Mark [D-CA-39] (D-CA), 2020-11-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-12] (D-NY), 2020-11-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Clark, Katherine M. [D-MA-5] (D-MA), 2020-11-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9] (D-TN), 2020-11-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2] (D-MA), 2020-11-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank" [D-GA-4] (D-GA), 2020-11-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McCollum, Betty [D-MN-4] (D-MN), 2020-11-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9] (D-IL), 2020-11-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Matsui, Doris O. [D-CA-7] (D-CA), 2020-11-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Price, David E. [D-NC-4] (D-NC), 2020-11-19T00:00:00.000Z
- JOSE SERRANO (D-NY), 2020-11-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bustos, Cheri [D-IL-17] (D-IL), 2020-11-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7] (D-AZ), 2020-11-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Del. Sablan, Gregorio Kilili Camacho [D-MP-At Large] (D-MP), 2020-11-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Dean, Madeleine [D-PA-4] (D-PA), 2020-11-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Wild, Susan [D-PA-7] (D-PA), 2020-11-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lowenthal, Alan S. [D-CA-47] (D-CA), 2020-11-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Beatty, Joyce [D-OH-3] (D-OH), 2020-11-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Haaland, Debra A. [D-NM-1] (D-NM), 2020-11-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Meng, Grace [D-NY-6] (D-NY), 2020-11-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Casten, Sean [D-IL-6] (D-IL), 2020-11-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Blunt Rochester, Lisa [D-DE] (D-DE), 2020-11-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Adams, Alma S. [D-NC-12] (D-NC), 2020-11-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Levin, Andy [D-MI-9] (D-MI), 2020-11-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Trone, David J. [D-MD-6] (D-MD), 2020-11-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Wexton, Jennifer [D-VA-10] (D-VA), 2020-11-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Brown, Anthony G. [D-MD-4] (D-MD), 2020-11-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bishop, Sanford D. [D-GA-2] (D-GA), 2020-11-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Hastings, Alcee L. [D-FL-20] (D-FL), 2020-11-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Porter, Katie [D-CA-47] (D-CA), 2020-11-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Suozzi, Thomas R. [D-NY-3] (D-NY), 2020-11-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Fudge, Marcia L. [D-OH-11] (D-OH), 2020-11-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Vargas, Juan [D-CA-52] (D-CA), 2020-11-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Raskin, Jamie [D-MD-8] (D-MD), 2020-11-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Johnson, Eddie Bernice [D-TX-30] (D-TX), 2020-11-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2] (D-WI), 2020-11-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Ruppersberger, C. A. Dutch [D-MD-2] (D-MD), 2020-11-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Speier, Jackie [D-CA-14] (D-CA), 2020-11-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Scanlon, Mary Gay [D-PA-5] (D-PA), 2020-11-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lawrence, Brenda L. [D-MI-14] (D-MI), 2020-11-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Roybal-Allard, Lucille [D-CA-40] (D-CA), 2020-11-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Morelle, Joseph D. [D-NY-25] (D-NY), 2020-11-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-12] (D-NY), 2020-12-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Barragán, Nanette Diaz [D-CA-44] (D-CA), 2020-12-15T00:00:00.000Z
- WM. CLAY (D-MO), 2020-12-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Clarke, Yvette D. [D-NY-9] (D-NY), 2020-12-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Ryan, Tim [D-OH-13] (D-OH), 2020-12-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Thompson, Bennie G. [D-MS-2] (D-MS), 2020-12-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McNerney, Jerry [D-CA-9] (D-CA), 2020-12-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. García, Jesús G. "Chuy" [D-IL-4] (D-IL), 2020-12-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Shalala, Donna E. [D-FL-27] (D-FL), 2020-12-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-8] (D-MA), 2020-12-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bonamici, Suzanne [D-OR-1] (D-OR), 2020-12-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kildee, Daniel T. [D-MI-8] (D-MI), 2020-12-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Sherrill, Mikie [D-NJ-11] (D-NJ), 2020-12-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Gallego, Ruben [D-AZ] (D-AZ), 2020-12-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Panetta, Jimmy [D-CA-19] (D-CA), 2020-12-21T00:00:00.000Z

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- 116-hr-8015: Delivering for America Act
- 116-hr-7120: George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2020
- 116-hr-2474: Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2019
- 116-hr-1140: Rights for Transportation Security Officers Act of 2020
- 116-hr-51: Washington, D.C. Admission Act
- 116-hr-2694: Pregnant Workers Fairness Act

## Sources
- [116-hr-8782 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/8782)

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- [116-hr-7120: George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2020](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-7120)
- [116-hr-2474: Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2019](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-2474)
- [116-hr-1140: Rights for Transportation Security Officers Act of 2020](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-1140)
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