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The bill boosts homeowners' safety and privacy by generally banning surprise entries without notice, but may reduce the effectiveness of some covert/high‑risk law enforcement operations and create funding risks for noncompliant agencies.
Renters and homeowners will face fewer sudden, unannounced entries because officers must announce authority and purpose before entering, reducing the risk of injury and mistaken raids.
Residents' privacy and civil liberties are strengthened by limiting surprise entries into private premises.
State and local agencies that adopt the announcement requirement remain eligible for DOJ funding, creating an incentive for wider, safer entry practices across jurisdictions.
Law enforcement operations that rely on surprise entries may be hindered, potentially reducing effectiveness in executing some high‑risk or time‑sensitive warrants.
Requiring officers to announce their presence could increase danger to officers, witnesses, or informants and complicate covert investigations.
Agencies that refuse to change tactics risk losing DOJ funding, creating potential budget shortfalls that could reduce policing capacity and community programs.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Bars federal no‑knock warrant entries and conditions DOJ funds so state/local agencies receiving those funds cannot execute unannounced forcible entries.
Prohibits federal, state, and local law enforcement from executing “no‑knock” warrants by requiring officers to provide notice of their authority and purpose before entering a premises. At the federal level it bars Federal law enforcement officers from carrying out a warrant until after they announce their authority and purpose; for state and local agencies it conditions receipt of Department of Justice (DOJ) funds so agencies receiving DOJ funds in a fiscal year may not execute warrants that do not require such notice prior to forcible entry. The law uses a funding condition to change state and local practice (applying beginning the first fiscal year after enactment) and an outright operational prohibition for federal officers. It focuses specifically on eliminating unannounced forced entries by requiring announcement of authority and purpose prior to entry.
Introduced December 10, 2025 by Morgan McGarvey · Last progress December 10, 2025