The bill would ban some chokeholds, including the one used to kill Floyd, and calls for a national registry of police misconduct in a country where officers are given much latitude to use deadly force.
It would also require police to undergo training on racial discrimination, implicit bias and the duty to intervene when another officer uses excessive force.
Law enforcement analysts and activists say the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act is “admirable” but not enough.
“We need much more fundamental changes across all policing,” said Farhang Heydari, executive director of New York University’s Policing Project, which pushes for greater transparency and accountability.