Restoring Artistic Protection Act of 2022

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This bill limits the admissibility of evidence of a defendant's creative or artistic expression against the defendant in a federal criminal case.

What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Jul 27, 2022

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.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

About this bill and sources

Official title: Restoring Artistic Protection Act of 2022

Latest action (Nov 1, 2022): Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

Policy area: Law · Origin: House · Introduced: Jul 27, 2022

Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)

No recorded floor vote found.