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IN HB1021

Bill

Official Source

Status

Introduced

1/4/2017

Primary Sponsor

Cherrish Pryor

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Origin

House of Representatives

2017 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Amends Indiana Code IC 34-7-7-2 to expand the definition of protected speech under the state's anti-SLAPP statute
  • Includes conduct by remonstrators expressing opinions on planning, zoning, land use, eminent domain, and similar matters as protected petitioning and free speech activities
  • Protects remonstrator conduct even when the final determination of the matter affects only private interests rather than public interests
  • Effective date: July 1, 2017

Legislative Description

Retaliatory lawsuits against zoning remonstrators. Specifies, for purposes of Indiana's anti-SLAPP (Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation) statute, that an "act in furtherance of a person's right of petition or free speech under the Constitution of the United States or the Constitution of the State of Indiana in connection with a public issue" includes conduct by remonstrators who express an opinion relating to planning, zoning, land use, eminent domain, and similar matters, even if the eventual determination of the matter affects only private interests.

Last Action

First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary

1/4/2017

Committee Referrals

Judiciary1/4/2017

Full Bill Text

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