Promoting Police Leadership Act

Sponsored by Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) · 14 active : 5 Republicans, 9 Democrats

Latest action: Held at the desk.

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Where it standsBefore the Senate

Passed Senate

Senate: passedJun 10, 2026
House: next
President: not yet

7 senators score as swing votes

Summary

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Promoting Police Leadership Act

This bill directs the Department of Justice (DOJ) to develop training curricula or identify existing training curricula for command-level personnel related to leadership and strategic thinking, critical incident response and management, risk management, officer wellness, data analysis and data-driven policing tactics, evidence-based decision-making, and building community trust. The term

command-level personnel

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means state, local, or tribal law enforcement officers whose responsibilities include managing, directing, or overseeing law enforcement operations in a geographic subunit of the jurisdiction.

In developing and identifying curricula, the bill requires DOJ to consult with relevant state and local law enforcement agencies, organizations and fraternal associations, universities with appropriate enforcement or leadership programs, and other entities. DOJ must also develop a process for certifying training programs that include the curricula.

Finally, the bill requires the Government Accountability Office to review and report on the process for developing and identifying curricula and the certification of training programs.

Committees and subjects

Committees

Senate Committee on the Judiciary · SenateReported by · Markup by · Referred to

Subjects

Congressional oversight
Employment and training programs
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Higher education
Intergovernmental relations
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
State and local government operations

Senate · 100 House · 433

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Directional: count only breaks toward the other party Why do scores change?

How the House breaks down

45Swing 70–100
206Middle 30–70
180Entrenched 0–30
2Insufficient data not ranked

Members fall into . 2 representatives don’t have enough data yet and are marked “insufficient data”. Non-voting delegates are not counted. The bill is not before the House right now; these scores show where members would stand.

Key players in the House

Ranked by swing score, 0–100 · swing-v2, directional

: only movement toward the other party counts, so members who sit further from the center than their party no longer score as swing votes.

Bars show each input from 0 to 100: ideology gap, scorecard gap, . is the seat’s partisan lean, and shows how much of the input data a score has.

Similar past votes, House

Earlier behind swing-v3’s input

Similar votes count toward swing-v3 in the House: total similarity weight 26.5 (needs 5.0).

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PassedShared subjects×1.0
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PassedShared subjects×1.0
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PassedShared subjects×1.0
H.Con.Res. 40 · May 18, 2023 · Roll call 225On Agreeing to the Amendment
Agreed toShared subjects×1.0
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PassedSame policy area×0.5
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PassedSame policy area×0.5
H.Con.Res. 96 · May 13, 2026 · Roll call 525On Agreeing to the ResolutionExpressing support for law enforcement officers
PassedSame policy area×0.5

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PassedSame policy area×0.5
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PassedSame policy area×0.5
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PassedSame policy area×0.5
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Passed

Cosponsors

14 active

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How the swing score works

Ideology gapHow far a member’s DW-NOMINATE voting score sits from their party’s median in the same chamber.

Scorecard gapHow far their Heritage Action and LCV ratings stray from their party’s average, using the groups’ votes on similar bills where available.

Cross-pressureHow strongly their district or state leans toward the other party, from our own computed partisan lean.

Similar votesHow often they voted against their own party on earlier roll calls about this bill or similar ones.

Committee bonusMembers of the committees handling the bill decide whether it moves, so they get a boost.

Cosponsor checkThe sponsor and active cosponsors have already committed, so they drop toward entrenched.