Legislation

This legislative session, we have a broad docket of legislation, covering issues like voting rights, criminal law reform, digital privacy, immigrants' rights, and reproductive justice.

Download a list of our 2021 Legislative priorities here.

Find our 2019-2020 Legislative session priorities archived here.

Qualified Immunity Reform

Ensure that victims of police brutality get their day in court, that officers have to answer to the people they’ve hurt, and that police departments can be held accountable.

February 24, 2021

Ending Life Without Parole

Eliminate life without parole sentences for adults and provide parole eligibility after 25 years; Limit sentence lengths further for juveniles and for felony murder and joint venture where the person was a co-participant who did not commit the actual homicide.

February 24, 2021

Raise the Age

End the automatic prosecution of older adolescents as adults and related collateral consequences by raising the age of juvenile jurisdiction to include 18- to 20-year-olds, increasing access to diversion, and implementing positive youth development principles a

February 26, 2021

Access to Justice

Ensure that all victims, witnesses, defendants, and people with civil matters in court receive due process and are able to attend court proceedings in safety.

February 26, 2021