HR 1439 119th Congress House Crime and Law Enforcement 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

Korematsu-Takai Civil Liberties Protection Act of 2025

Introduced: February 18, 2025 Introduced by: Takano, Mark Democratic · California See on congress.gov

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Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Feb 18, 2025

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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.

What's happening now February 18, 2025

Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

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Lobbying activity 10

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DAVIS & HARMAN LLP
for COLLEGE SAVINGS FOUNDATION · District of Columbia · 2nd Quarter (Apr 1 - June 30) 2026
DUE PROCESS INSTITUTE
for DUE PROCESS INSTITUTE · District of Columbia · 1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31) 2026
DAVIS & HARMAN LLP
for COLLEGE SAVINGS FOUNDATION · District of Columbia · 1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31) 2026
DUE PROCESS INSTITUTE
for DUE PROCESS INSTITUTE · District of Columbia · 4th Quarter (Oct 1 - Dec 31) 2025
DAVIS & HARMAN LLP
for COLLEGE SAVINGS FOUNDATION · District of Columbia · 4th Quarter (Oct 1 - Dec 31) 2025
DUE PROCESS INSTITUTE
for DUE PROCESS INSTITUTE · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter (July 1 - Sep 30) 2025

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Cosponsors 5

Goldman, Daniel S.

New York · Nov 7, 2025

Case, Ed

Hawaii · Mar 4, 2025

Matsui, Doris O.

California · Feb 18, 2025

Meng, Grace

New York · Feb 18, 2025

Tokuda, Jill N.

Hawaii · Feb 18, 2025

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APA

U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1439: Korematsu-Takai Civil Liberties Protection Act of 2025. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-1439/

MLA

"H.R. 1439: Korematsu-Takai Civil Liberties Protection Act of 2025." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-1439/.

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H.R. 1439, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-1439/.

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