Ending Qualified Immunity Act
In committee: it can still change before the session ends.
- Stage
- In committee
- Started in
- House
- Sponsors
- 19
- Latest action
- May 23, 2025
What it does
The Ending Qualified Immunity Act would amend 42 U.S.C. § 1983 to eliminate the defense of qualified immunity in civil rights lawsuits against government officials who violate constitutional rights while acting under color of state or local law. It would remove protections based on good faith, reasonable belief in lawfulness, or whether a right was clearly established at the time of the violation, restoring liability as originally intended by Congress in the Ku Klux Klan Act of 1871. The bill applies to any action filed on or after its enactment and affects state and local officials, law enforcement, and other government actors accused of violating federal constitutional or statutory…
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