Table 1.

Apology Laws in the United States as of October 2020

Full apology lawArizona31
Colorado32
Connecticut33
Georgia34
Ohio*36
South Carolina36
Vermont37
Washington38
Wisconsin39
Partial apology law, with admissions of fault addressed as admissibleAlaska40
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 statuteIllinois63
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