3.0.0 1902 2023-01-11T13:38:18Z 2023-01-11T13:38:18Z Senate S 2017-10-02 115 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2017-10-02T19:45:50Z Mens Rea Reform Act of 2018 115 3118 S 2018-06-21 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Related bill CRS 2017-10-02 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2017-10-02 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress H000338 Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] ORRIN HATCH R UT GRANT N P000603 Sen. Paul, Rand [R-KY] Rand Paul R KY 2017-10-02 True C001098 Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX] Ted Cruz R TX 2017-10-02 True L000577 Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT] Mike Lee R UT 2017-10-02 True P000612 Sen. Perdue, David [R-GA] David Perdue R GA Alfred 2017-10-02 True Crime and Law Enforcement Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation Evidence and witnesses Crime and Law Enforcement 00 2017-10-02 Introduced in Senate 2019-08-07T16:33:25Z

Mens Rea Reform Act of 2017

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

The government must generally prove that a defendant acted willfully with respect to each element of the offense that lacks a specific state of mind requirement.

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Mens Rea Reform Act of 2017 Display Title Mens Rea Reform Act of 2017 Short Titles as Introduced Mens Rea Reform Act of 2017 Official Title as Introduced A bill to specify the state of mind required for conviction for criminal offenses that lack an expressly identified state of mind, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate 2017-10-02T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s1902is/xml/BILLS-115s1902is.xml 2017-10-02 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.