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Iowa Senate passes anti-SLAPP bill providing free speech, press protections
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Iowa Senate passes anti-SLAPP bill providing free speech, press protections • Iowa Capital Dispatch
(Photo by Carol Yepes/Getty Images)The Iowa Senate unanimously passed a bill Wednesday that would provide protection against lawsuits aimed at limiting constitutional freedoms of speech and press. The legislation, House File 472, is known as an anti-SLAPP bill — referring to a measure intended to combat “strategic lawsuits against public participation,” or SLAPP lawsuits. These are civil lawsuits filed by organizations or individuals against ent…
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