Justice for All Act of 2020

Bill Number

HR 8698

Introduced

Oct 27, 2020

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Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, for a period to be ...

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Age discrimination Alternative dispute resolution, mediation, arbitration Assault and harassment offenses Civil actions and liability Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Consumer affairs Consumer credit Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation Disability and health-based discrimination Elementary and secondary education Employment discrimination and employee rights Evidence and witnesses Government liability Higher education Housing discrimination Law enforcement administration and funding Law enforcement officers Legal fees and court costs Racial and ethnic relations Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination

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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.

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Oct 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.
Oct 27, 2020

Introduced in House

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