Indiana House Bill 1348 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 12 2016 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-01-12 - First reading: referred to Committee on Commerce, Small Business and Economic Development
Pending: House Commerce, Small Business and Economic Development Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Posting of false business reviews. Provides that a person shall not post or publish, or cause to be posted or published, on a consumer review site a defamatory review concerning an Indiana business. For purposes of this prohibition, defines a: (1) "consumer review site" as an Internet web site or an application that allows consumers to post reviews of businesses that provide or offer to provide goods or services to the public; and (2) "defamatory review" as a communication that: (A) is posted or published on a consumer review site; (B) concerns a business or certain aspects of the business;

Posting of false business reviews. Provides that a person shall not post or publish, or cause to be posted or published, on a consumer review site a defamatory review concerning an Indiana business. For purposes of this prohibition, defines a: (1) "consumer review site" as an Internet web site or an application that allows consumers to post reviews of businesses that provide or offer to provide goods or services to the public; and (2) "defamatory review" as a communication that: (A) is posted or published on a consumer review site; (B) concerns a business or certain aspects of the business;

Rep. Wes Culver [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-01-12	House	First reading: referred to Committee on Commerce, Small Business and Economic Development
2016-01-12	House	Authored by Representative Culver

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2016/bills/house/1348/details
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/d/7/8/7/d7871f7d/HB1348.01.INTR.pdf