S. 3625

Summary

S. 3625, the Qualified Immunity Abolition Act of 2026, was introduced in the Senate on Jan 13, 2026 by Sen. Edward Markey (D) with 1 co-sponsor. It was referred to Judiciary, and last saw action on Jan 13, 2026: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Record

Text

S. 3625 has 1 co-sponsor.

119 S3625 IS: Qualified Immunity Abolition Act of 2026
 U.S. Senate
 2026-01-13
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 II  119th CONGRESS  2d Session  S. 3625  IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES   January 13, 2026   Mr. Markey  introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 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.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Qualified Immunity Abolition Act of 2026  .
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 following:
(b)
It shall not be a defense to any action brought against a Federal, State, or local law enforcement officer that is pending on, or filed after, the date of enactment of this subsection that, at the time of the deprivation—
(1)
the defendant was acting in good faith;
(2)
the defendant believed, reasonably or otherwise, that his or her conduct was lawful;
(3)
the rights, privileges, or immunities secured by the Constitution and laws were not clearly established; or
(4)
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.
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3.
Civil action against Federal law enforcement officers acting under Federal authority
Subsection (a) of section 1979 of the Revised Statutes ( 42 U.S.C. 1983 ), as so designated by section 4 of this Act, is amended by inserting  and every Federal law enforcement officer who, under color of any statute, ordinance, regulation, custom, or usage of the United States,  before  subjects .

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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.

Sponsors

Sen. Edward Markey (D) sponsors S. 3625, and 1 member has co-sponsored it.

Edward Markey

Sen. · D–MA · Sponsor

Introduced Jan 13, 2026

Elizabeth Warren

Sen. · D–MA · Co-sponsor

Joined Feb 3, 2026

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Committees

S. 3625 went before 1 committee: Judiciary.

Judiciary

Judiciary

Referred To · Jan 13, 2026

Actions

S. 3625 has taken 2 actions since Jan 13, 2026.

Votes

S. 3625 has not gone to a roll call.

Related bills

1 bill is related to S. 3625, as Identical bill.

HR 7046Qualified Immunity Abolition Act of 2026Jan 13, 2026 · Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. · Identical bill

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Titles

S. 3625 goes by 3 titles, 1 of them short titles.

• Qualified Immunity Abolition Act of 2026 — Display Title
• 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. — Official Title as Introduced
• Qualified Immunity Abolition Act of 2026 — Short Title(s) as Introduced

Lobbying

4 clients hired 4 firms and 22 registered lobbyists who named S. 3625 in 13 quarterly filings, 2025 to 2026. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Environment/Superfund, Government Issues, Health Issues, Immigration, Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace, Small Business, Transportation.

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Firms

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Lobbyists

Named on the filings that cite the bill. The 20 named most often, of 22.

Filings

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Classification

The Congressional Research Service files S. 3625 under Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues, one of its 31 policy areas.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; S. 3625’s is Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues.

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