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I don't think that they can make something illegal that had been legal, then charge you with breaking the law before it was passed. What about the opposite? Could they write a bill that would make all of the illegal actions he took suddenly legal, and automatically wipe the slate for anything that he did while his actions were still against the law? (Ignoring the statute of limitations for a moment) Would that be akin charging someone with possession of illegal alcohol during Phohibition, but only arresting and charging them after it had already been repealed. In other words, it was illegal when they did it, but it isn't now.
Or is this a grey area?
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