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S 5218 United States Senate · 117th Congress

Clarifying Civil Rights Remedies Act of 2022

Summary
Clarifying Civil Rights Remedies Act of 2022 This bill specifies that damages in certain civil rights lawsuits may include all types of compensatory damages, including for emotional harm.
Issues: ✓ Criminal JusticeSupports Criminal JusticeClarifies civil rights remedies to include emotional harm damages, enhancing accountability for law enforcement misconduct per criminal justice reform indicators.90% confidence
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Dec 2022
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President
Introduced Dec 8, 2022 Last action Dec 8, 2022
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Dec 8, 2022
Committee
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
upper
Dec 8, 2022
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
upper
1 primary · 11 co-sponsors

Sponsors

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Party
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Photo of Patty Murray
Patty Murray
DDemocratic
WA
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Photo of Bernard Sanders
Bernard Sanders
IIndependent
VT
n/a
Co
Photo of Cory A. Booker
Cory A. Booker
DDemocratic
NJ
n/a
Co
Photo of Dianne Feinstein
Dianne Feinstein
DDemocratic
CA
n/a
Co
Photo of Richard Blumenthal
Richard Blumenthal
DDemocratic
CT
n/a
Co
Photo of Richard J. Durbin
Richard J. Durbin
DDemocratic
IL
n/a
Co
Photo of Robert P. Casey, Jr.
Robert P. Casey, Jr.
DDemocratic
PA
n/a
Co
Photo of Sheldon Whitehouse
Sheldon Whitehouse
DDemocratic
RI
n/a
Co
Photo of Sherrod Brown
Sherrod Brown
DDemocratic
OH
n/a
Co
Photo of Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
DDemocratic
WI
n/a
Co
Photo of Tammy Duckworth
Tammy Duckworth
DDemocratic
IL
n/a