Justice for Breonna Taylor Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3414 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 3414

         To prohibit no-knock warrants, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           December 10, 2025

 Mr. Paul (for himself and Mr. Booker) introduced the following bill; 
  which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
         To prohibit no-knock warrants, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Justice for Breonna Taylor Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON NO-KNOCK WARRANTS.

    (a) Federal Prohibition.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, a Federal law enforcement officer (as defined in section 115 of 
title 18, United States Code) may not execute a warrant until after the 
officer provides notice of his or her authority and purpose.
    (b) State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies.--Beginning in the 
first fiscal year beginning after the date of enactment of this Act, 
and each fiscal year thereafter, a State or local law enforcement 
agency that receives funds from the Department of Justice during the 
fiscal year may not execute a warrant that does not require the law 
enforcement officer serving the warrant to provide notice of his or her 
authority and purpose before forcibly entering a premises.
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