State agencies that license and certify police officers would gain explicit federal authority to access FBI criminal history records. Currently the FBI shares records with state sentencing commissions and similar bodies, but Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) agencies are not clearly listed. The bill amends federal law to add POST agencies and sentencing commissions to the list of authorized recipients, helping states screen officer applicants and decertify officers with disqualifying records. The Attorney General would have 180 days to update federal regulations to match.
Transparency & Accountability
- State POST agencies — Granted direct access to FBI criminal history records
Congressional Summary
Peace Officer Standards and Training Agency Information Access Clarification ActThis bill authorizes a new type of entity—peace officer standards and training agencies—to access criminal history record information maintained by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The term peace officer standards and training agency means an agency of a state, the District of Columbia, or a U.S. territory that is authorized to set standards for the hiring, training, ethical conduct, and retention of its law enforcement officers through certification, licensing, or other similar qualification processes.
Legislative Subjects
Details
- Congress
- 119th
- Chamber
- House
- Status
- summarized
- Action
- Introduced in House
- Action Date
- 2025-09-08
- Date Added
- 2026-05-20
- Source
- Congress.gov →
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