Qualified Immunity Act of 2025

This bill puts into written law a legal protection called "qualified immunity" for law enforcement officers at the federal, state, and local level. Right now, people can sue law enforcement officers for violating their constitutional rights, but courts have generally protected officers from being held personally responsible unless they broke a rule that was already clearly established. This bill writes that protection directly into law, saying officers cannot be held liable if the constitutional right they are accused of violating wasn't clearly established, if a reasonable officer wouldn't have known the conduct was unconstitutional, or if a court has previously ruled that the specific conduct was constitutional. The bill also says that law enforcement agencies and local governments cannot be held liable if their officers qualify for this protection.

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