Pennsylvania HB1771 amends Title 42 to clarify definitions, pretrial motions, and awards for protected public expression immunity.

Pennsylvania HB1771 amends Title 42 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes to refine definitions, pretrial motions, and awards related to protected public expression immunity. The bill adds a definition for "operating costs," which are the costs associated with an increase in the insurance premium of a policy used to cover attorney fees, court costs, or other expenses of litigation. It modifies pretrial motions to allow parties to recover attorney fees, court costs, expenses of litigation, and damages for present or future operating costs.

Pennsylvania HB1771 amends Title 42 to clarify definitions, pretrial motions, and awards for protected public expression immunity.

Pennsylvania HB1771 amends Title 42 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes to refine definitions, pretrial motions, and awards related to protected public expression immunity. The bill adds a definition for "operating costs," which are the costs associated with an increase in the insurance premium of a policy used to cover attorney fees, court costs, or other expenses of litigation. It modifies pretrial motions to allow parties to recover attorney fees, court costs, expenses of litigation, and damages for present or future operating costs.