---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 12132"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
number: "12132"
heading: "Discrimination"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/12132"
units:
  - "Chapter 126 — Equal Opportunity for Individuals with Disabilities"
  - "Subchapter II — Public Services"
  - "Part A — Prohibition Against Discrimination and Other Generally Applicable Provisions"
---

# §12132. Discrimination


Subject to the provisions of this subchapter, no [qualified individual with a disability](/usc/42/12131.md?p=2) shall, by reason of such [disability](/usc/42/12102.md?p=1), be excluded from participation in or be denied the benefits of the services, programs, or activities of a [public entity](/usc/42/12131.md?p=1), or be subjected to discrimination by any such entity.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 101–336, title II, § 202, July 26, 1990, 104 Stat. 337.)

## Notes

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section effective 18 months after July 26, 1990, see section 205(a) of Pub. L. 101–336, set out as a note under section 12131 of this title.