117-hr-8531117th Congress

Restoring Artistic Protection Act of 2022

Sponsored By: Representative Johnson, Henry C. "Hank" [D-GA-4]

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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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Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Johnson, Henry C. "Hank" [D-GA-4]

GA • D

Cosponsors

  • Rep. Bowman, Jamaal [D-NY-16]

    NY • D

    Sponsored 7/27/2022

  • Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-12]

    NY • D

    Sponsored 8/5/2022

  • Rep. Jayapal, Pramila [D-WA-7]

    WA • D

    Sponsored 8/26/2022

  • Rep. Thompson, Bennie G. [D-MS-2]

    MS • D

    Sponsored 9/13/2022

  • Rep. Bush, Cori [D-MO-1]

    MO • D

    Sponsored 9/13/2022

  • Rep. Williams, Nikema [D-GA-5]

    GA • D

    Sponsored 10/7/2022

  • Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]

    TX • D

    Sponsored 10/7/2022

  • Rep. Payne, Donald M., Jr. [D-NJ-10]

    NJ • D

    Sponsored 10/14/2022

  • Rep. Jeffries, Hakeem S. [D-NY-8]

    NY • D

    Sponsored 11/3/2022

  • Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-18]

    CA • D

    Sponsored 12/13/2022

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