Apology Laws in the United States as of October 2020
Full apology law | Arizona31 |
Colorado32 | |
Connecticut33 | |
Georgia34 | |
Ohio*36 | |
South Carolina36 | |
Vermont37 | |
Washington38 | |
Wisconsin39 | |
Partial apology law, with admissions of fault addressed as admissible | Alaska40 |
California41 | |
District of Columbia42 | |
Delaware43 | |
Florida44 | |
Hawaii45 | |
Idaho46 | |
Indiana47,48 | |
Louisiana49 | |
Maine50 | |
Maryland51 | |
Michigan52 | |
Missouri53 | |
Montana54 | |
Nebraska55 | |
New Hampshire56 | |
Oregon57 | |
Pennsylvania58 | |
South Dakota59 | |
Tennessee60 | |
Texas61 | |
Virginia62 | |
Partial apology law, with admissions of fault not addressed in the statute | Illinois63 |
Iowa64 | |
Massachusetts65 | |
North Carolina66 | |
North Dakota67 | |
Oklahoma68 | |
Utah69 | |
West Virginia70 | |
Wyoming71 |
*Initially applied as a partial apology law in Davis v. Wooster71 but later interpreted as a full apology law in Stewart v. Vivian.74