General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 69
January Session, 2017 LCO No. 1103
*01103*
Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
Introduced by:
SEN. SUZIO, 13th Dist. SEN. MARKLEY, 16th Dist.
General Assembly
Proposed Bill No. 69
January Session, 2017
LCO No. 1103
*01103*
Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
Introduced by:
SEN. SUZIO, 13th Dist.
SEN. MARKLEY, 16th Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING THE ENFORCEMENT OF FOREIGN LIBEL JUDGMENTS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
That chapter 928 of the general statutes be amended to provide that a foreign libel judgment shall be unenforceable against a state resident unless the foreign proceeding minimally offered the level of protection provided by the Free Speech Clause of the First Amendment, or that the defendant state resident would have been found to have committed libel under applicable state law.
Statement of Purpose:
To protect state residents from the enforcement of certain foreign libel judgments.