The record

LegislationLegislation· Aug 2025
S 1595 Passed Senate — in House

Sponsored by John Cornyn (R)

Improving Police CARE Act

Requires federal standards for trauma kits that police departments can buy with federal grant money.

Tradeoff

Sets performance standards for first-aid bleeding-control kits used by law enforcement. No direct cost or offset specified in the bill.

What's in it

See official bill text

Costs less than $500,000 to implement over the 2025-2035 period.

The $500,000 is just the federal cost for DOJ to develop and publish trauma kit standards and best practices—the policy's real impact falls on law enforcement agencies and trauma kit manufacturers who must comply with the new standards when purchasing kits with federal grant funds.

S. 1595, Improving Police CARE Act · Jul 2025

Passed the Senate by on July 29, 2025 — sitting in the House.

  1. Senate

    Introduced

    (May 5, 2025)

  2. Senate

    Committee on the Judiciary(May 5, 2025)

  3. Senate

    The Committee on the Judiciary voted to send it to the floor

    Reported(May 15, 2025)

  4. Senate

    Passage of the bill

    Passed by (Jul 29, 2025)

    No individual votes were recorded.

  5. House

    Received from the Senate

    Received(Aug 1, 2025)