Qualified Immunity Abolition Act of 2026

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] [Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 7046 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 7046 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. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 13, 2026 Ms. Pressley (for herself, Ms. Omar, and Ms. Simon) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary _______________________________________________________________________ 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. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Qualified Immunity Abolition Act of 2026''. SEC. 2. REMOVAL OF QUALIFIED IMMUNITY. Section 1979 of the Revised Statutes (42 U.S.C. 1983) is amended-- (1) by inserting ``(a)'' before ``Every person''; and (2) by adding at the end the followin…