When law enforcement officers enter a building without warning during a warrant execution, it is called a no-knock raid. Named for Breonna Taylor, who was killed in 2020 when Louisville officers entered her home unannounced, this bill would require all federal law enforcement officers to announce their authority and purpose before executing any warrant. It would also make this announce-before-entry standard a condition of receiving Department of Justice funding for state and local law enforcement agencies, starting in the next fiscal year after enactment. Agencies that continue executing warrants without prior notice would risk losing their federal funding.
Civil Liberties
- Warrant notice requirement — Federal law enforcement must announce authority and purpose before executing any warrant entry
- State enforcement notice standard — DOJ-funded state and local agencies required to adopt notice-before-entry rule for all warrants
Congressional Summary
Justice for Breonna Taylor Act This bill prohibits no-knock warrants, which generally permit law enforcement officers to enter a premises without first identifying their authority and purpose. Specifically, it requires federal law enforcement officers to provide notice of their authority and purpose before executing a warrant. State and local law enforcement agencies that receive funds from the Department of Justice must execute warrants that require the serving officer to provide notice of his or her authority and purpose before forcibly entering a premises.
Details
- Congress
- 119th
- Chamber
- Senate
- Status
- summarized
- Action
- Introduced in Senate
- Action Date
- 2025-12-10
- Date Added
- 2026-06-13
- Source
- Congress.gov →
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