HR 8531 United States House · 117th Congress

Restoring Artistic Protection Act of 2022

Summary

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.

Issues: ✓ Criminal Justice

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Jul 2022

Committee Review

Floor Vote

President

Introduced Jul 27, 2022 Last action Nov 1, 2022

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Full legislative history

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Committee

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Nov 1, 2022

Committee

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

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Jul 27, 2022

Committee

Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

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Jul 27, 2022

Introduced

Introduced in House

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1 primary · 10 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role

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Party

State

District

Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.

Bennie G. Thompson

Carolyn B. Maloney

Donald M. Payne, Jr.

Hakeem S. Jeffries

Nikema Williams

Pramila Jayapal

Sheila Jackson Lee