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H.R. 2952: RAP Act of 2023

Introduced

  1. Introduced (completed)Apr 27, 2023
  2. Passed House (not reached)
  3. Passed Senate (not reached)
  4. To the President (not reached)
  5. Became law (not reached)

Summary

Introduced in House, Apr 27, 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.

Written by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.

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Amendments

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Cosponsors

34

Who scored on this bill

6 points earned
  1. 1Henry Johnson D-GA SponsorIntroduced, reached a cosponsor milestone2 events+6
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History

  1. Apr 27, 2023Introduced in the House by Henry Johnson.
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  1. Apr 27, 2023Introduced in House
  2. Apr 27, 2023Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.