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BODEGA Act of 2025

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Introduced 2025-03-10
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Officially: “BODEGA Act of 2025 Read the full text

Crime and Law Enforcement

What it does

The bill adds installing panic buttons and surveillance equipment in a private business to the list of purposes states and local governments can fund with Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (Byrne-JAG) money. It also adds businesses classified under North American Industry Classification code 445131 to the list of entities named in that same section of the law.
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1Short title

This section would give the Act the short title "Bodega Owner Defense Enhancement Grant Assistance Act of 2025," also called the "BODEGA Act of 2025."

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1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Bodega Owner Defense Enhancement Grant Assistance Act of 2025 or the BODEGA Act of 2025 .

2Inclusion of additional use of grant amounts

This section would amend Section 501 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10152). It would add a new allowable use of Byrne-JAG grant funds to subsection (a)(1): installing panic buttons and surveillance equipment in a private business. It would also add a new paragraph (3) to subsection (b) of Section 501 covering private businesses classified under North American Industrial Classification Code 445131, with matching changes to the existing paragraphs (1) and (2) of that subsection so all three paragraphs are listed as alternatives.

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2. Inclusion of additional use of grant amounts Section 501 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 ( 34 U.S.C. 10152 ) is amended— (1) in subsection (a)(1), by adding at the the end the following: (H) The installation of panic buttons, and surveillance equipment in a private business. ; and (2) in subsection (b)— (A) in paragraph (1), by striking or at the end; (B) in paragraph (2), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; or ; and (C) by adding at the end the following: (3) private businesses that are classified under the North American Industrial Classification Code 445131. .

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Where it is

Introduced · 2025-03-10

In the House.

Committee, then floor votes in both chambers · next · the next step

Official documents

The on-site text is shown verbatim from the GovInfo publication, captured 2026-07-12. The same version at GovInfo.

The numbers

2%
of bills introduced became law in the 118th Congress, 2023 to 2024 (n=16,213)
1
sponsor, out of 218 needed to pass
Every fact on this page links to its source, starting with the official bill record. Last action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. (2025-03-10).