S 1020 · 117th Congress 2021–2023, ended

Korematsu-Takai Civil Liberties Protection Act of 2021

Introduced Mar 25, 2021 Originated Senate Sponsor Tammy Duckworth D-IL

Fact sheet

Latest action · Mar 25, 2021 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedMar 25, 2021
  2. Passed SenateNot reached
  3. Passed HouseNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Korematsu-Takai Civil Liberties Protection Act of 2021

This bill modifies the detention authority of the United States.

Specifically, it prohibits detention or imprisonment based solely on an actual or perceived protected characteristic of an individual. A protected characteristic includes each of the following: race, ethnicity, national origin, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, and any additional characteristic that the Department of Justice determines to be a protected characteristic.

Cosponsors 30

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 25, 2021 to Apr 15, 2021, with 28 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-CAAlex PadillaOriginalMar 25, 2021
D-MNAmy KlobucharOriginalMar 25, 2021
I-VTBernard SandersOriginalMar 25, 2021
D-HIBrian SchatzOriginalMar 25, 2021
D-NVCatherine Cortez MastoOriginalMar 25, 2021
D-MDChris Van HollenOriginalMar 25, 2021
D-DEChristopher A. CoonsOriginalMar 25, 2021
D-NJCory A. BookerOriginalMar 25, 2021
D-CADianne FeinsteinOriginalMar 25, 2021
D-MAEdward J. MarkeyOriginalMar 25, 2021
D-MAElizabeth WarrenOriginalMar 25, 2021
D-RIJack ReedOriginalMar 25, 2021
D-NVJacky RosenOriginalMar 25, 2021
D-ORJeff MerkleyOriginalMar 25, 2021
D-NYKirsten E. GillibrandOriginalMar 25, 2021
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Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Mar 25, 2021Introduced in Senate
  2. Mar 25, 2021Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
HR 1181Korematsu-Takai Civil Liberties Protection Act of 2021Identical billApr 28, 2021

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement.

Text 1

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  1. Mar 25, 2021Introduced in Senate

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