HR 4678 · 119th Congress 2025–2027

RAP Act of 2025

Introduced Jul 23, 2025 Originated House Sponsor Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. D-GA

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

Latest action · Jul 23, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedJul 23, 2025
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Cosponsors 21

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 23, 2025 to Feb 20, 2026; 20 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-NYAlexandria Ocasio-CortezOriginalJul 23, 2025
D-INAndré CarsonOriginalJul 23, 2025
D-MAAyanna PressleyOriginalJul 23, 2025
D-MSBennie G. ThompsonOriginalJul 23, 2025
D-NYDaniel S. GoldmanOriginalJul 23, 2025
D-ILDelia C. RamirezOriginalJul 23, 2025
D-FLFrederica S. WilsonOriginalJul 23, 2025
D-MAJames P. McGovernOriginalJul 23, 2025
D-TXJasmine CrockettOriginalJul 23, 2025
D-CAJudy ChuOriginalJul 23, 2025
D-NJLaMonica McIverOriginalJul 23, 2025
D-FLMaxwell FrostOriginalJul 23, 2025
D-NMMelanie A. StansburyOriginalJul 23, 2025
D-GANikema WilliamsOriginalJul 23, 2025
D-WAPramila JayapalOriginalJul 23, 2025
D-MIRashida TlaibOriginalJul 23, 2025
D-ILSean CastenOriginalJul 23, 2025
D-MIShri ThanedarOriginalJul 23, 2025
D-CASydney Kamlager-DoveOriginalJul 23, 2025
D-ALTerri A. SewellOriginalJul 23, 2025
D-CATed LieuFeb 20, 2026

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseJudiciary Committee
Referred Jul 23, 2025

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jul 23, 2025Introduced in House
  2. Jul 23, 2025Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: U.S. Constitution, Article 1, Section 8

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 171, no. 126, July 23, 2025, page H3648.

Titles 3

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To amend the Federal Rules of Evidence to limit the admissibility of evidence of a defendant's creative or artistic expression against such defendant, and for other purposes.
Short Title(s) as Introduced
RAP Act of 2025
Restoring Artistic Protection Act of 2025

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Law.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Jul 23, 2025Introduced in House

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