Korematsu-Takai Civil Liberties Protection Act of 2025
- Last Action
- 2/19/2025
Actions
- 2025-02-19Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
- 2025-02-19Introduced in Senate
CRS Summary
As of 2025-02-19 (00)
Korematsu-Takai Civil Liberties Protection Act of 2025
This bill prohibits the detention or imprisonment of an individual based solely on an actual or perceived protected characteristic of the individual. The term 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 (19)
- Mazie Hirono (D-HI)
- Timothy Kaine (D-VA)
- Richard Blumenthal (D-CT)
- Alex Padilla (D-CA)
- Tammy Baldwin (D-WI)
- Brian Schatz (D-HI)
- Adam Schiff (D-CA)
- Ron Wyden (D-OR)
- John Reed (D-RI)
- Patty Murray (D-WA)
- Edward Markey (D-MA)
- Bernie Sanders (I-VT)
- Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)
- Peter Welch (D-VT)
- Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV)
- Chris Van Hollen (D-MD)
- Cory Booker (D-NJ)
- Tina Smith (D-MN)
- Richard Durbin (D-IL)
Subjects
- Correctional facilities and imprisonment
- Detention of persons
- Disability and health-based discrimination
- Due process and equal protection
- Racial and ethnic relations
- Religion
- Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
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