Bill bans recording and sharing military deaths.
S. 5686 — No Public Executions in America Act · Filed by Mark Kelly (D-AZ) · 1 cosponsor · Introduced Oct 15, 2026 · Referred to committee
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What it does
The bill stops the Department of Defense and federal workers from recording deaths by execution. It stops them from broadcasting or publishing videos or audio of these deaths. It also stops federal money from being used to share death videos with the public. The bill lets official checks, court cases, and Congress review records.
Who it affects
The bill affects the Department of Defense and federal workers. It affects the public by stopping death videos from being shared.
One thing to notice
The bill does not stop military deaths by execution. It only stops the government from recording them and sharing them with the public.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
1 cosponsor: 1 Democrats.
- Oct 15, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in Senate”
- Oct 15, 2026 — Referred to committee · Congress.gov: “Under authority of the order of the Senate of September 30, 2026, ordered read twice and referred to the…”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Words to know
- Department of Defense — The federal agency that runs the U.S. military.
- broadcasting — Sending out videos or audio to many people at once.
- federal money — Money that comes from the federal government.
- official checks — Reviews done by the government to make sure rules are followed.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (2,932 characters) on Oct 21, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 16,388 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
As of — page rendered 2026-10-21.
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