HR 2952
118th Congress
House
Law
RAP Act of 2023
Introduced: April 27, 2023
Introduced by:
Johnson, Henry C. "Hank"
Democratic
· Georgia
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Everywhere this bill has been
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Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 27, 2023
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Apr 27, 2023
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Restoring Artistic Protection Act of 2023 or the RAP Act of 2023
This bill limits the admissibility of evidence of a defendant's creative or artistic expression against the defendant in a federal criminal or civil 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
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Committees of jurisdiction
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