House Bill 8698
116th Congress(2019-2020)
Justice for All Act of 2020
Introduced
Introduced in House on Oct 27, 2020
Origin Chamber
House
Type
Bill
Bill
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Bill Number
8698
Congress
116
Policy Area
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Primary focus of measure is discrimination on basis of race, ethnicity, age, sex, gender, health or disability; First Amendment rights; due process and equal protection; abortion rights; privacy. Measures concerning abortion rights and procedures may fall under Health policy area.
No House votes have been held for this bill.
Summary
Justice for All Act of 2020
This bill reaffirms the availability of discrimination claims under specified civil rights statutes based on disparate impact.
Specifically, the bill restores and expands protections of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Fair Housing Act of 1968, the Age Discrimination Act of 1975, the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972.
The bill, among other things
- prohibits actions which have a discriminatory effect, regardless of any discriminatory intent;
- prohibits the use of compelled arbitration clauses;
- eliminates qualified immunity for government employees and prohibits racial and gender profiling in police investigations;
- awards victims of disparate impact discrimination compensation and attorney's fees; and
- defines sex for purposes of civil rights to include sexual orientation, pregnancy, gender identity, sex stereotypes, or any sex-related traits.
October 27, 2020
10/27/2020
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
10/27/2020
Introduced in House
Public Record
Record Updated
Jan 11, 2023 1:44:28 PM