3.0.0 1196 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z Senate S S 2023-04-19 118 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred To 2023-04-19T15:51:30Z 118 2847 HR 2023-04-25 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. Related bill CRS 2023-04-19 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2023-04-19 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 2023-04-19 True W000817 Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA] Elizabeth Warren D MA A. 2023-04-19 True Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 2024-04-17T18:20:44Z

00 2023-04-19 Introduced in Senate 2024-09-12T10:22:01Z <p><strong>Ending Qualified Immunity Act</strong></p><p>This bill eliminates the defense of qualified immunity in certain civil actions for deprivation of rights. <em>Qualified immunity</em> is a judicially created doctrine that protects government officials from being held personally liable for constitutional violations.</p><p>The bill provides that, under the statute allowing a civil action alleging deprivation of rights under color of state law, it shall not be a defense to any such action that, at the time of the deprivation, (1) the defendant was acting in good faith or believed that his or her conduct was lawful; (2) the rights, privileges, or immunities secured by the Constitution and laws were not clearly established; 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.</p><!--tinycomments|2.1|data:application/json;base64,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-->

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