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.
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Timeline
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Law
RAP Act of 2023
USA118th CongressHR-2952| House
| Updated: 4/27/2023
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.