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Restoring the First Amendment and Right to Peaceful Civil Disobedience Act of 2025

Introduced: January 23, 2025 Introduced by: Lee, Mike Republican · Utah See on congress.gov

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Jan 23, 2025

Introduced in Senate

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Restoring the First Amendment and Right to Peaceful Civil Disobedience Act of 2025

This bill repeals provisions of federal criminal law that prohibit conduct intended to injure, intimidate, or interfere with persons who are seeking to (1) obtain or provide reproductive health services, or (2) exercise their right of religious freedom at a place of religious worship.

What's happening now January 23, 2025

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

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CENTER FOR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS
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CENTER FOR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS
for CENTER FOR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS · New York · 2nd Quarter (Apr 1 - June 30) 2025
SUSAN B ANTHONY LIST
for SUSAN B ANTHONY LIST · Virginia · 1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31) 2025

Cosponsors 3

Budd, Ted

North Carolina · Feb 6, 2025

Hawley, Josh

Missouri · Jan 23, 2025

Wicker, Roger F.

Mississippi · Jan 23, 2025

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 223: Restoring the First Amendment and Right to Peaceful Civil Disobedience Act of 2025. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-223/

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"S. 223: Restoring the First Amendment and Right to Peaceful Civil Disobedience Act of 2025." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-223/.

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S. 223, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-223/.

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