File Code: Civil Actions and Procedures
Crossfiled with: HOUSE BILL 387
- Sponsored By:
-
Senator Muse
- Entitled:
-
Torts - Release of Claim for Damages - Voidable
Increasing from 5 to 30 days the period during which a release of a
claim for tort damages signed by an injured individual is voidable;
altering the circumstances under which a release of a claim for
specified damages is voidable; increasing from 5 to 30 days the period
during which a specified power of attorney or employment contract
signed by an injured individual is voidable; clarifying when a
specified time period begins; requiring a specified notice to be in
writing and accompanied by the return of specified money; etc.
Senate Action
- 2/1
- First Reading Judicial Proceedings
- 2/7
- Hearing 3/6 at 1:00 p.m.
- 3/19
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings
- 3/20
- Favorable with Amendments
- Committee Amendment Adopted
- Special Order 3/21 (Senator Hooper) Adopted
- 3/21
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Floor Amendment (Senator Hooper) Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 3/22
- Third Reading Passed (46-0)
- 4/1
- Senate Refuses to Concur - House Amendments
- Senate Requests House Recede
- Conference Committee Appointed ...
- Senators Muse, Stone, and Gladden
- 4/2
- Conference Committee Report Adopted
- Third Reading Passed (46-0)
- 4/3
- Passed Enrolled
House Action
- 3/19
- First Reading Judiciary
- 3/22
- Hearing 3/29 at 1:00 p.m.
- 4/2
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary
- 3/28
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 3/29
- Third Reading Passed with Amendments (136-0)
- 4/1
- House Refuses to Recede
- Conference Committee Appointed ...
- Delegates Anderson, Conaway, and McConkey
- 4/3
- Conference Committee Report Adopted
- Third Reading Passed (139-0)
Action after passage in Senate and House
- 4/24
- Approved by the Governor
- - Chapter 148
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- Attorneys
- Civil Actions -see also- Small Claims
- Contracts -see also- Land Installment Contracts; Procurement
- Damages
- Liability -see also- Good Samaritan
- Notices
- Torts -see also- Libel and Slander; Med Malp; Wrongful Death
Bill affects the following Statute:
- Courts and Judicial Proceedings
- (
5-401.1
)
- Bill Text (Displayed in PDF Format):
First Reading,
Third Reading, Enrolled, Chapter
- Fiscal and Policy Note (Displayed in PDF Format):
Available
- Amendments (Displayed in PDF Format):
Senate
- Number: 563829/01 Offered on: March 21, 2007 at:
5:14 p.m. Status: Adopted
- Number: 688879/01 Offered on: March 20, 2007 at:
11:50 a.m. Status: Adopted
House
- Number: 162710/01 Offered on: April 3, 2007 at:
10:13 a.m. Status: Adopted
- Conference Committee Documents (Displayed in PDF Format):
- Report Number: 223929/1 Offered on: April 9, 2007 at:
11:51 a.m. Status: Adopted
- Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
Senate
- March 22, 2007: Third Reading Passed (46-0)
- April 2, 2007: Third Reading Passed (46-0)
House
- March 29, 2007: Third Reading Passed (136-0)
- April 3, 2007: Third Reading Passed (139-0)