# 119-s-223: Restoring the First Amendment and Right to Peaceful Civil Disobedience Act of 2025

119-s-223, Restoring the First Amendment and Right to Peaceful Civil Disobedience Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT] (R-UT); status introduced (as of 2026-08-11).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-223
- Congress: 119
- Title: Restoring the First Amendment and Right to Peaceful Civil Disobedience Act of 2025
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-01-23
- Sponsor: Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT] (R-UT)
- Cosponsors: 3
- Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2026-08-11

## 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.** - 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.

## Cosponsors (3)

- Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS] (R-MS), 2025-01-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Hawley, Josh [R-MO] (R-MO), 2025-01-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Budd, Ted [R-NC] (R-NC), 2025-02-06T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Repeal of federal clinic-access law: mixed, medium. 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…

## Related bills

- 119-s-2296: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026
- 119-s-4784: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027
- 119-s-3752: SAVE America Act
- 119-s-4429: Connected Vehicle Security Act of 2026
- 119-s-977: End Taxpayer Funding of Gender Experimentation Act of 2025
- 119-s-587: Death Tax Repeal Act of 2025

## Sources
- [119-s-223 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/223)

## Related
- [119-s-2296: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2296)
- [119-s-4784: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-4784)
- [119-s-3752: SAVE America Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3752)
- [119-s-4429: Connected Vehicle Security Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-4429)
- [119-s-977: End Taxpayer Funding of Gender Experimentation Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-977)
- [119-s-587: Death Tax Repeal Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-587)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-223 (as of 2026-08-11).