This Act may be cited as the Qualified Immunity Abolition Act of 2026.

Section 1979 of the Revised Statutes (42 U.S.C. 1983U.S. Code — Title 42, Section 1983View official source on GovInfo) is amended— (1) by inserting (a) before Every person; and (2) by adding at the end the following: (b) It shall not be a defense to any action brought against a Federal, State, or local law enforcement officer that is pending on, or filed after, the date of enactment of this subsection that, at the time of the deprivation— (1) the defendant was acting in good faith; (2) the defendant believed, reasonably or otherwise, that his or her conduct was lawful; (3) the rights, privileges, or immunities secured by the Constitution and laws were not clearly established; or (4) the state of the law was such that the defendant could not reasonably have been expected to know whether his or her conduct was lawful..

Subsection (a) of section 1979 of the Revised Statutes (42 U.S.C. 1983U.S. Code — Title 42, Section 1983View official source on GovInfo), as so designated by section 4 of this Act, is amended by inserting and every Federal law enforcement officer who, under color of any statute, ordinance, regulation, custom, or usage of the United States, before subjects.