File Code: Civil Actions and Procedures
- Sponsored By:
-
Senators McFadden, Conway, Mitchell, and Sfikas
- Entitled:
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Evidence - Pulmonary Function Tests for Asbestos Claims - Prohibition
on Race-Based Corrections
Prohibiting a court, for purposes of scheduling a trial date for a
claim concerning asbestosis or exposure to asbestos, from considering
a race-based correction for lung capacity or function in conjunction
with a pulmonary function test or any similar test that is designed to
measure lung capacity or function.
Senate Action
- 1/31
- First Reading Judicial Proceedings
- 2/9
- Hearing 3/1 at 1:00 p.m.
- 3/7
- Withdrawn
House Action
- No Action
- Sponsored by:
- Senator Nathaniel J. McFadden, District 45
- Senator Joan Carter Conway, District 43
- Senator Clarence M. Mitchell, IV, District 44
- Senator Perry Sfikas, District 46
- Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- ASBESTOS
- CIVIL ACTIONS -see also- SMALL CLAIMS
- COURTS -see also- CIRCUIT; APPEALS; DISTRICT; ORPHANS'; etc.
- DISEASES -see also- AIDS; RABIES
- MINORITIES -see also- WOMEN
- TRIALS
- Bill affects the following Statute:
- Courts and Judicial Proceedings
- (
6-410
)
- Bill Text:
First Reading (PDF),
Third Reading, Enrolled
- Fiscal Note:
Available (PDF)
- Amendments:
None offered