3.0.0 4142 2023-01-11T13:45:42Z 2023-01-11T13:45:42Z Senate S 2020-07-01 116 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2020-07-01T22:46:14Z Reforming Qualified Immunity Act 116 4036 S 2020-06-23 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Related bill CRS Ending Qualified Immunity Act 116 7085 HR 2020-06-04 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. Identical bill CRS Qualified Immunity Abolition Act 116 8979 HR 2020-12-16 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. Related bill CRS 2020-07-01 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2020-07-01 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M000133 Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] Edward Markey D MA J. N S000033 Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] Bernard Sanders I VT 2020-07-01 True W000817 Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA] Elizabeth Warren D MA A. 2020-07-01 True Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Civil actions and liability Constitution and constitutional amendments Due process and equal protection Government liability Law enforcement officers Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 00 2020-07-01 Introduced in Senate 2020-07-23T18:41:53Z Ending Qualified Immunity Act

This bill eliminates the defense of qualified immunity in civil actions for deprivation of rights. Qualified immunity is a judicially created doctrine that protects government employees or those acting with state authority from being held personally liable for constitutional violations.

The bill provides that under the statute allowing a civil action alleging deprivation of rights under color of law, it shall not be a defense or immunity to any such action that (1) the defendant was acting in good faith or believed that his or her conduct was lawful at the time it was committed; (2) the rights, privileges, or immunities secured by the Constitution or laws were not clearly established at the time of their deprivation; or (3) the state of the law was such that the defendant could not reasonably have been expected to know whether his or her conduct was lawful.]]>

Ending Qualified Immunity Act Display Title Ending Qualified Immunity Act Short Title(s) as Introduced Ending Qualified Immunity Act Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Revised Statutes to remove the defense of qualified immunity in the case of any action under section 1979, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2020-07-01T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s4142is/xml/BILLS-116s4142is.xml 2020-07-01 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.