Proposed S.B. No. 147
Session Year 2023

AN ACT CONCERNING THE APPLICABILITY OF GOVERNMENTAL IMMUNITY IN ACTIONS FILED AGAINST A POLICE OFFICER OR LAW ENFORCEMENT UNIT.

To allow police officers to assert governmental immunity in more situations and to permit interlocutory appeals of a trial court's denial of the application of the defense of governmental immunity.

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