2014 Senate Bill 1008

Raise bar for libel claims against politicians

Introduced in the Senate

July 16, 2014

Introduced by Sen. John Pappageorge (R-13)

To establish in statute that a candidate for public office or an elected official has the same protections against libel, slander, and defamation as he or she would have as a private individual (under current law a politician must show that a libel defendant acted “with malice”).

Referred to the Committee on Government Operations