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LGBTQ+ Panic Defense Prohibition Act of 2025
A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit panic defenses based on sexual orientation or gender identity or expression.
- Introduced
- Committee
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To President
- Became law
Summary
LGBTQ+ Panic Defense Prohibition Act of 2025
This bill generally prohibits a federal criminal defendant from asserting, as a defense, that the nonviolent sexual advance of an individual or a perception or belief of the gender, gender identity or expression, or sexual orientation of an individual excuses or justifies conduct or mitigates the severity of an offense.
Summary by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.
Actions
- Jun 27, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
- Jun 27, 2025 Introduced in Senate
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