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HB 4045: Protect libel and slander and make victims pay perpetrators without trial
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Introduced January 30, 2025
Official text and analysis
Civil procedure: civil actions; lawsuits for exercising rights to free expression; provide protections against.

Sponsor: Kara Hope
Cosponsors: Julie Rogers, Carrie Rheingans, Kelly Breen, Jimmie Wilson, Julie Brixie, Jennifer Conlin, Erin Byrnes, Matt Longjohn, Jason Morgan, Jason Hoskins, Jasper Martus
Referred to House Judiciary Committee

 Votes on this bill
 
10/22/25  House roll call vote #262 On passage: Passed 103 – 0
For
AlexanderAragonaArbitBeGole
BesonBierleinBohnakBollin
BortonBreenBrixieBruck
ByrnesCarraCarter, T.Cavitt
CoffiaConlinDeBoerDeBoyer
DeSanaDievendorfEdwardsFairbairn
FarhatFitzgeraldForemanFox
FrisbieGlanvilleGrantGreen
GreeneHallHarrisHerzberg
HoadleyHopeHoskinsJenkins-Arno
JohnsenKellyKoleszarKuhn
KunseLiberatiLightnerLinting
LongjohnMacDonellMaddockMarkkanen
MartinMartusMcFallMcKinney
MeermanMentzerMillerMorgan
MuellerNeeleyNeyerOutman
PaizPaquettePavlovPohutsky
PosthumusPrestinPricePuri
RheingansRigasRobinsonRogers
RothSchmaltzSchriverSchuette
ScottSkaggsSlaghSmit
SnyderSt. GermaineSteckloffSteele
TateThompsonTisdelTsernoglou
VanWoerkomVanderWallWegelaWeiss
WendzelWilsonWitwerWooden
WoolfordWozniakXiong
Against
Not Voting
AndrewsCarter, B.Myers-PhillipsO'Neal
WhitsettWortzYoung
 
12/18/25  Senate roll call vote #347 On passage: Passed 36 – 0
For
AlbertAnthonyBayerBellino
BrinksBumsteadCamilleriChang
CherryDaleyDamooseGeiss
HauckHertelHoitengaHuizenga
IrwinJohnsonKlinefeltLauwers
LindseyMcBroomMcCannMcMorrow
MossNesbittOutmanPolehanki
RunestadSantanaShinkSingh
TheisVictoryWebberWojno
Against
Not Voting
CavanaghVacant
 

Signed into law December 23, 2025: PA 52 of 2025


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