Following the guilty verdict on murder charges against Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, state Rep. Stephen Kinsey, D-Philadelphia, on April 21 announced legislation that he has introduced that seeks to outlaw the use of the standard chokehold in making an arrest, including the same chokehold used to kill George Floyd.

House Bill 870, which Kinsey co-introduced with state Reps. Patty Kim, D-Dauphin, and Jason Dawkins, D-Philadelphia, would also ban police using any action that inhibits breath or the flow of blood to the brain due to physical position.