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.

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