File Code: Civil Actions and Procedures
Crossfiled with: HOUSE BILL 193
- Sponsored By:
-
Senator Raskin
- Entitled:
-
Civil Proceedings - Foreign Defamation Judgments - Recognition, Enforceability,
and Bases of Personal Jurisdiction
Authorizing a court in the State to exercise personal jurisdiction
under specified circumstances over a person who obtains a foreign
defamation judgment for the purpose of providing declaratory relief as
to liability or determining whether the judgment may not be recognized
in the State; establishing that foreign defamation judgments may not
be recognized in the State unless a court makes a specified
determination about defamation law in the foreign jurisdiction;
applying the Act prospectively; etc.
Legislative date is used to record
history occurring in the Chambers
otherwise Calendar date is used.
Senate Action
- 7/13
- Pre-filed
- 1/13
- First Reading Judicial Proceedings
- 1/19
- Hearing 1/28 at 1:00 p.m.
- 2/8
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings
- 2/9
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 2/11
- Third Reading Passed (43-0)
- 4/7
- Senate Concur - House Amendments
- Third Reading Passed (47-0)
- Passed Enrolled
House Action
- 2/12
- First Reading Judiciary
- 3/24
- Hearing 4/1 at 1:00 p.m.
- 4/9
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary
- 4/2
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 4/3
- Third Reading Passed with Amendments (140-0)
Action after passage in Senate and House
- 5/20
- Approved by the Governor
- - Chapter 659
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- Attorneys` Fees
- Civil Actions -see also- Small Claims
- Computers -see also- Electronic Commerce; Electronic Govmnt.
- Court Costs
- Courts -see also- Circuit; Appeals; District; Orphans`; etc.
- Human Rights
- International Affairs -see also- Foreign Trade
- Judgments
- Jurisdiction
- Liability -see also- Good Samaritan
- Libel and Slander
- Privacy
Bill affects the following Statutes:
- Courts and Judicial Proceedings
- (
6-103.3 ,
10-704
)
All documents except Roll Call Votes are
displayed in PDF format:
- Bill Text:
First Reading,
Third Reading, Enrolled, Chapter
- Fiscal and Policy Note:
Available
- Attorney General Letter:
Available
- Amendments:
Senate
- Number: 548177/01 Offered on: February 9, 2010 at:
11:01 a.m. Status: Adopted
House
- Number: 772918/01 Offered on: April 9, 2010 at:
11:09 a.m. Status: Adopted
-
Committee Votes :
Senate
- Judicial Proceedings
House
- Judiciary
- Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
Senate
- February 11, 2010: Third Reading Passed (43-0)
- April 7, 2010: Third Reading Passed (47-0)
House
- April 3, 2010: Third Reading Passed (140-0)