HR7290-119

In Committee

Qualified Immunity Accountability Act

119th Congress Introduced Jan 30, 2026

Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.

Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, Qualified Immunity Accountability Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors. The main policy domain is Criminal Justice, Defense, Immigration.

Who Benefits and How

law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies, law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section HD960886182D641549EAC66C06669047F: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Qualified Immunity Accountability Act.
  • Section HE0C34D894D30408C818BAD97965F7A29: 2. Deprivation of rights under color of law Section 242 of title 18, United States Code, is amended— by striking willfully and inserting knowingly or...
  • Section H11495424E2EA48D3BD234D121CDB9DD6: 3. Qualified immunity reform Section 1979 of the Revised Statutes of the United States (42 U.S.C. 1983) is amended by adding at the end the following: It shall...

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers with clause-level evidence links.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, Qualified Immunity Accountability Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors.

Key Policy Areas

Criminal Justice, Defense, Immigration

Primary Purpose

This bill, Qualified Immunity Accountability Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors.

Policy Domains

Criminal Justice Defense Immigration

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors
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law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors:
Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors
Model: codex-gpt-5 | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: ih
federal implementing agencies:
law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors:

Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Feb 4, 2026

Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H1989)

Jan 30, 2026

Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Jan 30, 2026

Introduced in House

Jan 30, 2026

Ms. Johnson of Texas introduced the following bill; which was …

Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Criminal Justice Defense Immigration
Actor Mappings
"federal_implementing_agencies"
→ Federal agencies assigned duties by the bill

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