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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
 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Nov 1, 2022
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Jul 27, 2022
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Jul 27, 2022
Introduced in House
 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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