119th Congress · introduced in the House · Feb 25, 2025
Eric’s Law
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Latest action (Feb 25, 2025): Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
View on Congress.govPolicy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Congressional Research Service summary, version: Introduced in House (Feb 25, 2025)
Eric's Law
This bill modifies procedures with respect to capital sentencing hearings.
If a jury at a capital sentencing hearing does not reach a unanimous recommendation on the defendant's sentence and there is a motion by the attorney for the government, the court must order a new special sentencing hearing and impanel a new jury. If the new jury at the special sentencing hearing does not reach a unanimous recommendation on the defendant's sentence, then the court is prohibited from imposing a death sentence.
Includes amendment, cloture, and procedural votes. Each is labeled with its exact question; only a passage question is a vote to pass the bill.
No recorded roll calls on this bill in coverage.
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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13 citations.
AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AFL-CIO · lobbying firm or registrant: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO
2026 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2026 – Mar 31, 2026) · amended · posted Oct 16, 2026 · issue area: Civil Rights/Civil Liberties
$410,000
Spent on own lobbying
…3, the "Thin Blue Line Act," which would make murdering a law enforcement officer an aggravated factor in sentencing for a capital crime. Lobbied in support of H.R. 1556 and S. 718, "Eric's Law," which would allow the empaneling of a new jury if a jury fails to reach a unanimous verdict in a trial involving the murder of a law…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AFL-CIO · lobbying firm or registrant: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO
2026 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2026 – Jun 30, 2026) · amended · posted Oct 16, 2026 · issue area: Civil Rights/Civil Liberties
$410,000
Spent on own lobbying
…3, the "Thin Blue Line Act," which would make murdering a law enforcement officer an aggravated factor in sentencing for a capital crime. Lobbied in support of H.R. 1556 and S. 718, "Eric's Law," which would allow the empaneling of a new jury if a jury fails to reach a unanimous verdict in a trial involving the murder of a law…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AFL-CIO · lobbying firm or registrant: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO
2026 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026) · posted Oct 16, 2026 · issue area: Civil Rights/Civil Liberties
$440,000
Spent on own lobbying
…3, the "Thin Blue Line Act," which would make murdering a law enforcement officer an aggravated factor in sentencing for a capital crime. Lobbied in support of H.R. 1556 and S. 718, "Eric's Law," which would allow the empaneling of a new jury if a jury fails to reach a unanimous verdict in a trial involving the murder of a law…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
NATIONAL FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE · lobbying firm or registrant: NATIONAL FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE
2026 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2026 – Jun 30, 2026) · amended · posted Sep 29, 2026 · issue area: Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
$100,000
Spent on own lobbying
…tect and Serve Act, which would impose Federal penalties on individuals who deliberately target local, State or Federal law enforcement officers with violence; H.R. 1556 (Bresnahan, R-PA) Erics Law, which would amend current law to allow Federal prosecutors to impanel a second jury for the sentencing phase of a Federal capital…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
NATIONAL FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE · lobbying firm or registrant: NATIONAL FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE
2026 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2026 – Mar 31, 2026) · amended · posted Sep 29, 2026 · issue area: Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
$100,000
Spent on own lobbying
…tect and Serve Act, which would impose Federal penalties on individuals who deliberately target local, State or Federal law enforcement officers with violence; H.R. 1556 (Bresnahan, R-PA) Erics Law, which would amend current law to allow Federal prosecutors to impanel a second jury for the sentencing phase of a Federal capital…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
NATIONAL FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE · lobbying firm or registrant: NATIONAL FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE
2025 Q4 report (Oct 1, 2025 – Dec 31, 2025) · amended · posted Sep 29, 2026 · issue area: Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
$100,000
Spent on own lobbying
…tect and Serve Act, which would impose Federal penalties on individuals who deliberately target local, State or Federal law enforcement officers with violence; H.R. 1556 (Bresnahan, R-PA) Erics Law, which would amend current law to allow Federal prosecutors to impanel a second jury for the sentencing phase of a Federal capital…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
NATIONAL FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE · lobbying firm or registrant: NATIONAL FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE
2025 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2025 – Sep 30, 2025) · amended · posted Sep 29, 2026 · issue area: Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
$100,000
Spent on own lobbying
…tect and Serve Act, which would impose Federal penalties on individuals who deliberately target local, State or Federal law enforcement officers with violence; H.R. 1556 (Bresnahan, R-PA) Erics Law, which would amend current law to allow Federal prosecutors to impanel a second jury for the sentencing phase of a Federal capital…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
NATIONAL FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE · lobbying firm or registrant: NATIONAL FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE
2025 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2025 – Jun 30, 2025) · amended · posted Sep 29, 2026 · issue area: Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
$100,000
Spent on own lobbying
…tect and Serve Act, which would impose Federal penalties on individuals who deliberately target local, State or Federal law enforcement officers with violence; H.R. 1556 (Bresnahan, R-PA) Erics Law, which would amend current law to allow Federal prosecutors to impanel a second jury for the sentencing phase of a Federal capital…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
NATIONAL FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE · lobbying firm or registrant: NATIONAL FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE
2025 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2025 – Mar 31, 2025) · amended · posted Sep 29, 2026 · issue area: Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
$100,000
Spent on own lobbying
…tect and Serve Act, which would impose Federal penalties on individuals who deliberately target local, State or Federal law enforcement officers with violence; H.R. 1556 (Bresnahan, R-PA) Erics Law, which would amend current law to allow Federal prosecutors to impanel a second jury for the sentencing phase of a Federal capital…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AFL-CIO · lobbying firm or registrant: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO
2025 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2025 – Sep 30, 2025) · amended · posted Mar 10, 2026 · issue area: Civil Rights/Civil Liberties
$360,191
Spent on own lobbying
…3, the "Thin Blue Line Act," which would make murdering a law enforcement officer an aggravated factor in sentencing for a capital crime. Lobbied in support of H.R. 1556 and S. 718, "Eric's Law," which would allow the empaneling of a new jury if a jury fails to reach a unanimous verdict in a trial involving the murder of a law…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AFL-CIO · lobbying firm or registrant: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO
2025 Q4 report (Oct 1, 2025 – Dec 31, 2025) · amended · posted Mar 10, 2026 · issue area: Civil Rights/Civil Liberties
$45,800
Spent on own lobbying
…3, the "Thin Blue Line Act," which would make murdering a law enforcement officer an aggravated factor in sentencing for a capital crime. Lobbied in support of H.R. 1556 and S. 718, "Eric's Law," which would allow the empaneling of a new jury if a jury fails to reach a unanimous verdict in a trial involving the murder of a law…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AFL-CIO · lobbying firm or registrant: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO
2025 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2025 – Jun 30, 2025) · posted Jul 30, 2025 · issue area: Civil Rights/Civil Liberties
$590,000
Spent on own lobbying
…3, the "Thin Blue Line Act," which would make murdering a law enforcement officer an aggravated factor in sentencing for a capital crime. Lobbied in support of H.R. 1556 and S. 718, "Eric's Law," which would allow the empaneling of a new jury if a jury fails to reach a unanimous verdict in a trial involving the murder of a law…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AFL-CIO · lobbying firm or registrant: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO
2025 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2025 – Mar 31, 2025) · posted Apr 21, 2025 · issue area: Civil Rights/Civil Liberties
$540,000
Spent on own lobbying
…3, the "Thin Blue Line Act," which would make murdering a law enforcement officer an aggravated factor in sentencing for a capital crime. Lobbied in support of H.R. 1556 and S. 718, "Eric's Law," which would allow the empaneling of a new jury if a jury fails to reach a unanimous verdict in a trial involving the murder of a law…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing