Proposed H.B. No. 5595
Session Year 2025
 


AN ACT CONCERNING A DEFAMATION ACTION FILED IN CONNECTION WITH COMMUNICATIONS RELATING TO AN INCIDENT OF SEXUAL MISCONDUCT, SEXUAL ABUSE, SEXUAL ASSAULT OR SEXUAL HARASSMENT.

To make privileged and excluded from the category of communications that may constitute defamation a communication made by an individual, without malice, regarding an incident of sexual misconduct, sexual abuse, sexual assault or sexual harassment.

Introduced by:
Rep. Josh Elliott, 88th Dist.
Rep. Eleni Kavros DeGraw, 17th Dist.
Rep. Jillian Gilchrest, 18th Dist.
Rep. Kate Farrar, 20th Dist.

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Bill History

 Date Action Taken
 1/21/2025Referred to Joint Committee on Judiciary

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