US EditionIdaho Senators introduce bill to increase penalties for crime against First Responders
IDAHO, JUL 16 – The bill aims to deter violence by imposing federal penalties for assaults on first responders following multiple recent attacks, including two firefighter deaths in Idaho.
- On June 29, 2025, two firefighters lost their lives and an engineer was seriously wounded after being attacked during their response to a wildfire on Canfield Mountain near Coeur d'Alene, Idaho.
- This attack followed the April 27, 2025 stabbing death of Kansas City paramedic Graham Hoffman by a known criminal, prompting increased concern over first responder safety.
- Idaho Senators Jim Risch and Mike Crapo, alongside Missouri Senator Eric Schmitt, introduced the Graham Hoffman Act to criminalize assaults on first responders as federal offenses.
- The bill proposes up to 10 years imprisonment and fines for knowingly assaulting first responders causing serious harm or death, ensuring offenders face federal penalties.
- Legislators stated this law honors Hoffman’s legacy, urges stronger protections for first responders, and aims to deter violence following recent fatal attacks in Idaho and Missouri.
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Risch, Crapo introduce bill to increase penalties for crimes against first responders
In the wake of the June 29 deadly attack on North Idaho firefighters, Idaho U.S. senators introduced a bill to increase penalties for crimes against first responders. Idaho Republican Sens. Jim Risch and Mike Crapo as well as Missouri Republican…
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Idaho County Free PressRisch, Crapo, introduce bill to increase penalties for crimes against first responders
WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), and Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.) introduced the Graham Hoffman Act, which will make it a federal crime to assault first responders.
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