UNIFORM PUBLIC EXPRESSION PROTECTION ACT (EXCERPT) Act 52 of 2025 ***** 691.1852.new THIS NEW SECTION IS EFFECTIVE MARCH 24, 2026 ***** 691.1852.new Definitions. Sec. 2.
(1)As used in this act:
(a)"Goods or services" does not include the creation, dissemination, exhibition, or advertisement or similar promotion of a dramatic, literary, musical, political, journalistic, or artistic work.
(b)"Governmental unit" means a public corporation or government or governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality.
(c)"Person" means an individual, estate, trust, partnership, business or nonprofit entity, governmental unit, or other legal entity.
(d)"Eligible cause of action" means a cause of action asserted after the effective date of this act in a civil action against a person based on any of
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UNIFORM PUBLIC EXPRESSION PROTECTION ACT (EXCERPT) Act 52 of 2025 ***** 691.1852.new THIS NEW SECTION IS EFFECTIVE MARCH 24, 2026 ***** 691.1852.new Definitions. Sec. 2. (1) As used in this act: (a) "Goods or services" does not include the creation, dissemination, exhibition, or advertisement or similar promotion of a dramatic, literary, musical, political, journalistic, or artistic work. (b) "Governmental unit" means a public corporation or government or governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality. (c) "Person" means an individual, estate, trust, partnership, business or nonprofit entity, governmental unit, or other legal entity. (d) "Eligible cause of action" means a cause of action asserted after the effective date of this act in a civil action against a person based on any of the following: (i) A communication by the person in a legislative, executive, judicial, administrative, or other governmental proceeding. (ii) A communication by the person on an issue under consideration or review in a legislative, executive, judicial, administrative, or other governmental proceeding. (iii) The person's exercise of the right of freedom of speech or of the press, the right to assemble or petition the government for a redress of grievances, or the right of association, guaranteed by the United States Constitution or the state constitution of 1963 on a matter of public concern. (2) An otherwise eligible cause of action is not an eligible cause of action if 1 or more of the following apply: (a) It is against a person primarily engaged in the business of selling or leasing goods or services if the cause of action arises out of a communication related to the person's sale or lease of the goods or services. (b) It arises from a claim by an individual for the violation of any of the following: (i) The Elliott-Larsen civil rights act, 1976 PA 453, MCL 37.2101 to 37.2804. (ii) The persons with disabilities civil rights act, 1976 PA 220, MCL 37.1101 to 37.1607. (iii) The whistleblowers' protection act, 1980 PA 469, MCL 15.361 to 15.369. (iv) The worker's disability compensation act of 1969, 1969 PA 317, MCL 418.101 to 418.941. (v) The freedom of information act, 1976 PA 442, MCL 15.231 to 15.246. (vi) Title VII of the civil rights act of 1964, 42 USC 2000e to 2000e-17, including, but not limited to, the pregnancy discrimination act, 42 USC 2000e(k). (vii) Title IX of the education amendments of 1972, 20 USC 1681 to 1689. (viii) The age discrimination in employment act of 1967, 29 USC 621 to 634. (ix) The Americans with disabilities act of 1990, Public Law 101-336. (x) The family and medical leave act of 1993, Public Law 103-3. (xi) The fair labor standards act of 1938, 29 USC 201 to 219.