Section 5-526 - Immunity - Member of General Assembly - Defamation.
§ 5-526. Immunity - Member of General Assembly - Defamation.
(a) In general.- A member of a state legislature, including a member of the General Assembly of Maryland, who makes a communication on behalf of a constituent is not civilly liable for defamation unless the communication is false and made with knowledge of or in reckless disregard of its falsity.
(b) Other privileges and immunities.- This section does not supersede or constitute a waiver of a member's constitutional, statutory, or common law privileges or immunities.
[1997, ch. 558.]