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LGBTQ+ Panic Defense Prohibition Act of 2025
Introduced Jun 27, 2025 by Sen. Edward J. Markey
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Latest action · Jun 27, 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
What it does
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.
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