United States · Bill · HR
H.R. 8531 (117th)
Restoring Artistic Protection Act of 2022
Introduced
27 July 2022
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Status
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
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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.
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Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House · EN · 27 July 2022
Introduced in House (PDF)
Introduced in House · EN · 27 July 2022
Introduced in House
summary · EN · 27 July 2022
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/8531
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/8531