Law Enforcement Protection and Privacy Act of 2025
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- Passed Senate
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Overview
This bill, the Law Enforcement Protection and Privacy Act of 2025, aims to increase accountability for unauthorized disclosures of firearm trace data. It amends the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) to specifically include information from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives’ Firearms Trace System database and licensee reporting. The bill also establishes fines and potential loss of access for entities that violate disclosure laws and creates a private right of action for licensed entities harmed by such disclosures, allowing them to seek significant damages and attorney’s fees.
Key provisions
- Expands the definition of ‘protected information’ to include data from the Firearms Trace System database.
- Increases fines for state, local, tribal, and foreign entities that violate disclosure laws.
- Allows for a one-year restriction on access to protected information for entities subject to fines.
- Creates a private right of action for licensed entities to sue for unauthorized disclosures.
- Provides for potentially tripled damages and punitive damages in successful lawsuits.
- Clarifies that sovereign immunity does not apply to lawsuits under this Act.
- Defines ‘covered disclosure statute’ as a specific appropriations law.
- Defines ‘protected information’ as data from the Firearms Trace System and licensee reports.
Who is affected
- Law enforcement agencies
- Firearms licensees
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