[Updated July 28, 1999]
Identical anti-SLAPP bills were introduced in early 1998 in the New Jersey Senate and Assembly. Senate Bill 745 was introduced Feb. 26, 1998 by Sen. William Schluter. Assembly Bill No. 1788 was introduced March 2, 1998 by Assemblyman Leonard Lance.
Assembly Bill 1545 (1996)
Asembly Bill 1545, an anti-SLAPP bill introduced in 1996 by Assemblyman Lance, was worded in more general terms than the 1998 bills.