Ending Qualified Immunity Act

Ending Qualified Immunity Act
Long title	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.
Announced in	the 117th United States Congress
Number of co-sponsors	39
Legislative history
	Introduced in the House of Representatives as H.R. 1470 by Ayanna Pressley (D–MA) on March 1, 2021; Committee consideration by House Committee on the Judiciary;

The Ending Qualified Immunity Act is a proposed United States Act of Congress introduced in 2020 by Justin Amash (L-Michigan) and Ayanna Pressley (D-Massachusetts) to end qualified immunity in the United States. Qualified immunity shields police officers and other government officials from being held personally liable for discretionary actions performed within their official capacity (even if those actions violate the civil rights of those affected) unless their actions violate "clearly established" federal law, a precedent requiring both that those actions violate written law and that there be a judicial precedent establishing that such actions are unlawful.

The bill was re-introduced in the 117th Congress by Rep. Pressley in the House of Representatives and by Sen. Edward Markey in the Senate.

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