United States · Bill · HR
H.R. 2952 (118th)
RAP Act of 2023
Introduced
27 April 2023
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Status
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
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27 May 2025
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.
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Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House · EN · 27 April 2023
Introduced in House (PDF)
Introduced in House · EN · 27 April 2023
Introduced in House
summary · EN · 27 April 2023
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2952
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/2952