S 3758 New Jersey Senate · 2024-2025 Regular Session

Extends anti-SLAPP protections to complainants of sexual assault, harassment, and discrimination.

S 3758 extends New Jersey's anti-SLAPP protections - which prevent lawsuits designed to silence public speech - to individuals who report sexual assault, harassment, or discrimination. It directly affects complainants who make good-faith reports of these issues, shielding them from retaliatory lawsuits if they had a reasonable basis for the report. The bill adds these reports to the list of protected communications under the law, allowing courts to dismiss retaliatory lawsuits quickly. This change ensures people who come forward with such complaints face fewer legal threats.
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Introduced Oct 7, 2024 Last action Oct 7, 2024
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