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HR 8531 117th Congress House Law

Restoring Artistic Protection Act of 2022

Introduced: July 27, 2022 Introduced by: Johnson, Henry C. "Hank" Democratic · Georgia See on congress.gov
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Became law
Nov 1, 2022
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Jul 27, 2022
Introduced in House
Jul 27, 2022
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Restoring Artistic Protection Act of 2022

This bill limits the admissibility of evidence of a defendant's creative or artistic expression against the defendant in a federal criminal case. The term creative or artistic expression means the expression or application of creativity or imagination in the production or arrangement of forms, sounds, words, movements, or symbols, including music, dance, performance art, visual art, poetry, literature, film, and other such objects or media.

What's happening now November 1, 2022

Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 10
All 10 Democratic 5
D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · Dec 13, 2022
 D
Jeffries, Hakeem S.
New York · Nov 3, 2022
Payne, Donald
· Oct 14, 2022
Jackson Lee, Sheila
· Oct 7, 2022
 D
Williams, Nikema
Georgia · Oct 7, 2022
Bush, Cori
· Sep 13, 2022
 D
Thompson, Bennie G.
Mississippi · Sep 13, 2022
 D
Jayapal, Pramila
Washington · Aug 26, 2022
MALONEY, CAROLYN
· Aug 5, 2022
Bowman, Jamaal
· Jul 27, 2022
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 8531: Restoring Artistic Protection Act of 2022. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-8531/
MLA
"H.R. 8531: Restoring Artistic Protection Act of 2022." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-8531/.
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H.R. 8531, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-8531/.
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