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Mens Rea Reform Act of 2025

Official title: To specify the state of mind required for conviction for criminal offenses that lack an expressly identified state of mind, and for other purposes.

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What This Bill Does

This bill establishes a default mens rea standard (i.e., state of mind requirement) for federal criminal offenses, statutory and regulatory, that lack an explicit standard.

The government must generally prove that a defendant acted knowingly with respect to each element of an offense for which the text does not specify a state of mind.

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Timeline

  1. House committee actionsCommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
  2. Library of CongressIntroduced in House
  3. House floor actionsReferred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
  4. Introduced
  5. Committee

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