Equal Remedies Act of 2024
This bill expands compensation options for individuals filing discrimination lawsuits under federal civil rights law. It allows victims to claim damages for emotional harm - including mental anguish, loss of enjoyment of life, and non-financial suffering - alongside financial losses. The bill also adds a right to a jury trial for damages in these cases. For age discrimination claims specifically, it aligns available remedies with those under the Civil Rights Act of 1964, including all legal or equitable relief previously available for race-based discrimination.
Bill status
in committee
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Introduction
May 2024
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced May 8, 2024
Last action May 8, 2024
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May 8, 2024
Committee
Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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.
lower
May 8, 2024
Introduced
Introduced in House
lower
1 primary · 11 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Suzanne Bonamici
DDemocratic
Co
Deborah K. Ross
DDemocratic
Co
Delia C. Ramirez
DDemocratic
Co
Eleanor Holmes Norton
DDemocratic
Co
Greg Casar
DDemocratic
Co
Jamie Raskin
DDemocratic
Co
Jonathan L. Jackson
DDemocratic
Co
Lois Frankel
DDemocratic
Co
Mark DeSaulnier
DDemocratic
Co
Pramila Jayapal
DDemocratic
Co
Robert C. "Bobby" Scott
DDemocratic
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