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119-s-223119th Congress

Restoring the First Amendment and Right to Peaceful Civil Disobedience Act of 2025

Sponsored By: Senator Lee, Mike [R-UT]

Introduced

Summary

This bill would repeal Section 248 of Title 18 and would end the federal criminal ban on interfering with access to reproductive health services and peaceful religious worship.

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  • Families and health providers: People seeking or providing reproductive health services would no longer have the specific federal criminal protection in Section 248 for actions occurring after enactment. The bill does not create replacement federal penalties.
  • Worshipers and houses of worship: People exercising religion at places of worship would lose the Section 248 federal prohibition that targeted conduct meant to intimidate or interfere with worship.
  • Prosecutors and defendants: The repeal would apply to prosecutions pending on, or started on or after, the date of enactment. Prosecutions that began before enactment would not be affected.

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Repeal of federal clinic-access law

If enacted, this bill would repeal the federal crime that barred interfering with entrances to reproductive health clinics. The repeal would remove the federal basis for prosecuting that conduct. It would apply to prosecutions pending on, or started on or after, the date of enactment. It would not create new federal penalties or replacement prohibitions. Clinics, patients, prosecutors, and people accused of blocking clinics could see changes in federal enforcement.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Lee, Mike [R-UT]

UT • R

Cosponsors

  • Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS]

    MS • R

    Sponsored 1/23/2025

  • Sen. Hawley, Josh [R-MO]

    MO • R

    Sponsored 1/23/2025

  • Sen. Budd, Ted [R-NC]

    NC • R

    Sponsored 2/6/2025

Roll Call Votes

No roll call votes available for this bill.

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