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S 122 · in committee · significant

Qualified Immunity Act of 2025

What this bill does

  • This bill gives law enforcement officers legal protection from civil lawsuits when they violate constitutional rights, unless the violation involved clearly established law.
  • Federal, state, and local police officers are affected, along with their agencies and local governments.
  • The bill codifies existing court doctrine into statutory law with no specified fiscal impact or implementation timeline.

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    How should courts balance protecting officers from frivolous lawsuits against ensuring victims of rights violations have a legal remedy?

  2. 02

    What evidence exists that codifying qualified immunity into statute would change how police departments train or discipline officers?

  3. 03

    Which groups—taxpayers, police departments, or citizens seeking damages—would bear the greatest costs or benefits if this bill becomes law?

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Sponsor · R-IN

Jim Banks

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Introduced 2025-01-16

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Legislative timeline

  1. 2025-01-16 · senate · IntroReferral

    Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

  2. 2025-01-16 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in Senate

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