LGBTQ+ Panic Defense Prohibition Act of 2025
Official title: To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit defenses based on sexual orientation or gender identity or expression.
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Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
LGBTQ+ Panic Defense Prohibition Act of 2025
This bill generally prohibits a federal criminal defendant from asserting, as a defense, that the nonviolent sexual advance of an individual or a perception or belief of the gender, gender identity or expression, or sexual orientation of an individual excuses or justifies conduct or mitigates the severity of an offense.
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4197: LGBTQ+ Panic Defense Prohibition Act of 2025. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-4197/
"H.R. 4197: LGBTQ+ Panic Defense Prohibition Act of 2025." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-4197/.
H.R. 4197, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-4197/.
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