The record
Legislation· Jun 2026
S 4394 Passed Senate — in House
Sponsored by John Cornyn (R)
Promoting Police Leadership Act
Requires the Attorney General to develop training curricula for police command-level personnel.
Tradeoff
Mandates federal training standards for police supervisors covering leadership, critical incidents, and community trust. Does not override existing state and local certification requirements.
What's in it
Passed the Senate by on June 10, 2026 — sitting in the House.
Senate
Introduced
(Apr 27, 2026)
Senate
Committee on the Judiciary(Apr 27, 2026)
Senate
The Committee on the Judiciary voted to send it to the floor
Reported(May 14, 2026)
Senate
Passage of the bill
Passed by (Jun 10, 2026)
No individual votes were recorded.
House
Received from the Senate
Received(Jun 15, 2026)
- Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI)
- Lindsey Graham (R-SC)
- Richard J. Durbin (D-IL)
- Marsha Blackburn (R-TN)
- Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV)
- Mark Kelly (D-AZ)
- Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)
- Thomas Tillis (R-NC)
- Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI)
- Richard Blumenthal (D-CT)
- Alex Padilla (D-CA)
- Peter Welch (D-VT)
- Ted Cruz (R-TX)
- Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV)