Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Judiciary Committee on June 30, 2005. The 2004–2005 session has ended.
2004–2005 Session
Assembly Bill 1077
Authorizes a motion to dismiss in a cause of action (a "SLAPP" suit) arising from a defendant's valid exercise of the constitutional rights of freedom of speech. *
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
In the General Assembly
Sponsor from Jan 13
Loretta Weinberg, Gordon M. Johnson
Chief co-sponsors from May 19, 2005
2 co-sponsors
Its course
January 13, 2004 to June 30, 2005, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.
Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.
Votes
Yeas to nays, as the Legislature recorded them. Committee votes are set in.
General Assembly, third reading79–0
Passed · Jun 30, 2005
Amendments
Each amendment offered, and what became of it.
General Assembly floor amendmentAdopted
Adopted Jun 23, 2005
Text
Each version as the Legislature printed it.
l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.
What happened
In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.
In the General Assembly Jan 13 – Jun 30, 2005
- Jan 13Introduced in the General Assembly and sent to Judiciary
- May 19, 2005Judiciary recommended it as amended
- Read a second time
- Jun 23, 2005Amended on the floor and read a second time
- Jun 30, 2005Passed the General Assembly, 79 to 0
In the Senate Jun 30, 2005
- Jun 30, 2005Arrived in the Senate
- Sent to Judiciary