List of states with codified anti-SLAPP laws
Alabama
Alaska
Arizona Ariz. Rev. Stat. Ann. §§ 12-751, 12-752
Arkansas Ark. Code Ann. §§ 16-63-501 – 16-63-508
California Cal. Civ. Proc. §§ 425.16, 425.17 and 425.18
Colorado Case Law Only
Connecticut Connecticut -Public Act No. 17-71
Delaware Del. Code Ann. Tit. §§ 8136 - 8138
Florida Fla. Stat. §§ 720.304(4); 768.295
Georgia Ga. Code Ann. § 9-11-11.1
Hawaii Haw. Rev. Stat. §§ 634F
Idaho
Illinois 735 Ill. Comp. Stat. 110/1 et seq.
Indiana Ind. Code §§ 34-7-7-1 et seq.
Iowa
Kansas Public Speech Protection Act (HB 2054) passed March 2016. Added by SB 319,§ 1
Kentucky
Louisiana La. Code Civ. Proc. Ann. Art. 971
Maine Me. Rev. Stat. Ann. tit. 14, § 556
Maryland Md. Code Ann. Cts. & Jud. Proc. § 5-807
Massachusetts Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 231 § 59(H)
Michigan
Minnesota Minn. Stat. § 554
Mississippi
Missouri Mo. Rev. Stat. § 537.528
Montana
Nebraska Neb. Rev. Stat. § 25-21,241 – 25-21,246 (25-21.243 -6)
Nevada Nev. Rev. Stat. § 41.635 - 41.670
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico N.M. Stat. § 38-2-9.1 - 38-2-9.2
Anti-SLAPP Statutes
State Statute #
New York N.Y. Civ. Rights Law §§ 70-a, 76-a; N.Y.C.P.L.R. §§ 3211(g), 3212(h)
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma HB 2366. Oklahoma Citizens Participation Act
Oregon Or. Rev. Stat. §§ 31.150 - 31.155
Pennsylvania 27 Pa. Cons. Stat. §§ 7707, 8301 - 8305
Rhode Island R.I. Gen. Laws § 9-33-1 – 9-33-4
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee Tenn. Code Ann. § 4-21-1001 – 21-1004
Texas Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. §§ 27.001, 27.002-9
Utah Utah Code Ann. § 78B-6-1401 - 5
Vermont Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 12, § 1041
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia Case law only
Wisconsin
Wyoming
DC DC ST § 16-5501 - 5505
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