H.R. 8531 · 117th Congress
Restoring Artistic Protection Act of 2022
- Stage
- In committee
- Sponsor
- Hank Johnson
- Introduced
- 2022-07-27
- Latest action
- 2022-11-01 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
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.