Mens Rea Reform Act of 2025
Reported from committee: it can still change before the session ends.
- Stage
- Reported from committee
- Started in
- House
- Sponsors
- 3
- Latest action
- Jun 10, 2025
What it does
Mens Rea Reform Act of 2025 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.
Official summary · Introduced in House · Jan 3, 2025
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Who is involved
Sponsors
The lawmakers who put their names on it, lead sponsors first.
Where it goes next
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