A05420
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1466
Session of
2023
INTRODUCED BY BIZZARRO, CERRATO, HANBIDGE, HOHENSTEIN, KHAN,
GALLAGHER, BOROWSKI, BRENNAN, MADDEN, BURGOS, ISAACSON,
JAMES, T. DAVIS, DELLOSO, KINSEY, D. WILLIAMS, HILL-EVANS,
SCHLOSSBERG, SOLOMON, TAKAC, SHUSTERMAN, PISCIOTTANO,
SANCHEZ, PARKER, OTTEN, KINKEAD, FLEMING, INNAMORATO AND
GREEN, JUNE 21, 2023
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, JUNE 21, 2023
AN ACT
Amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in particular rights and
immunities, providing for a cause of action on protected
public expression and for immunity for protected public
expression; and imposing a duty upon the Administrative
Office of Pennsylvania Courts and the Legislative Reference
Bureau.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Title 42 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
§ 8320.1. Action for protected public expression.
(a) Establishment.--A person has a cause of action if, in a
previous cause of action based on protected public expression:
(1) the person would have prevailed on a ground under
section 8340.15 (relating to grant of immunity); but
(2) the court did not make a determination on immunity
under section 8340.15.
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