HR 277 · in committee · significant
Matthew Lawrence Perna Act of 2025
- criminal justice
- civil rights
What this bill does
- This bill restricts federal prosecution and detention of people charged with political protest offenses.
- It affects federal defendants, law enforcement agencies, and the intelligence community's investigative powers.
- The bill requires trials to start within 70 days and makes the government liable for malicious prosecution.
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Started by Cosponsor
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How would a 70-day trial requirement affect the government's ability to build complex cases involving multiple defendants or organizations?
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What specific protections does the malicious prosecution liability create, and who determines whether a prosecution was pursued in bad faith?
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Which protest-related offenses would be excluded from federal prosecution under this bill, and how would that differ from current law?
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Sponsor · R-GA-14
Marjorie Taylor Greene
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Introduced 2025-01-09
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Legislative timeline
2025-01-09 · house · IntroReferral
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2025-01-09 · house · IntroReferral
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2025-01-09 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
2025-01-09 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
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