RAP Act of 2023
- Last Action
- 4/27/2023
Actions
- 2023-04-27Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
- 2023-04-27Introduced in House
- 2023-04-27Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2023-04-27 (00)
Restoring Artistic Protection Act of 2023 or the RAP Act of 2023
This bill limits the admissibility of evidence of a defendant's creative or artistic expression against the defendant in a federal criminal or civil 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.
Cosponsors (20)
- Jamaal Bowman (D-NY)
- BENNIE THOMPSON (D-MS)
- Frederica Wilson (D-FL)
- Katie Porter (D-CA)
- Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-CA)
- Jasmine Crockett (D-TX)
- Troy Carter (D-LA)
- André Carson (D-IN)
- Robert Garcia (D-CA)
- SHEILA JACKSON LEE (D-TX)
- Pramila Jayapal (D-WA)
- JAMES MCGOVERN (D-MA)
- Cori Bush (D-MO)
- Kevin Mullin (D-CA)
- Donald Payne (D-NJ)
- Nikema Williams (D-GA)
- BARBARA LEE (D-CA)
- Rashida Tlaib (D-MI)
- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY)
- Summer Lee (D-PA)
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