File Code: Civil Actions and Procedures
Crossfiled with: SENATE BILL 554
- Sponsored By:
-
Delegates Taylor, Vallario, Arnick, Busch, Dewberry, Doory,
Guns, Harrison, Hixson, Howard, Hurson, Kopp, Menes, Owings, Rawlings,
Rosenberg, and Wood
- Entitled:
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Commercial Law - Year 2000 Commerce Protection Act
Creating the Year 2000 Commerce Protection Act to establish remedies
for damages caused by the failure of information technology, products,
or services because of specified date data problems; providing for
specified damages under specified circumstances; providing that it
shall be an affirmative defense in a Y2K-related action that the
defendant determined and implemented in good faith actions necessary
to become Year 2000-ready in a specified manner; defining specified
terms; etc.
House Action
- 11/20
- Pre-filed
- 1/13
- First Reading Judiciary
- 2/16
- Hearing 3/11 at 1:00 p.m.
- 3/27
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 3/28
- Third Reading Passed (136-1)
- 4/7
- House Concur - Senate Amendments
- Third Reading Passed (137-1)
- Passed Enrolled
- 5/12
- Governor vetoed - Policy
Senate Action
- 3/29
- First Reading Judicial Proceedings
- 4/7
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings
- 4/6
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Special Order after Third Reading calendar (Senator Pinsky) Adopted
- 4/7
- Floor Amendment (Senator Pinsky) Rejected (20-25)
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 4/8
- Motion Special Order later (Senator Pinsky) Rejected (19-25)
- Third Reading Passed with Amendments (30-17)
- Sponsored by:
- Delegate Casper R. Taylor, Jr., District 1C
- Delegate John S. Arnick, District 7
- Delegate Michael Erin Busch, District 30
- Delegate Thomas E. Dewberry, District 47B
- Delegate Ann Marie Doory, District 43
- Delegate Ronald A. Guns, District 36
- Delegate Hattie N. Harrison, District 45
- Delegate Sheila Ellis Hixson, District 20
- Delegate Carolyn J. B. Howard, District 24
- Delegate John Adams Hurson, District 18
- Delegate Nancy K. Kopp, District 16
- Delegate Pauline H. Menes, District 21
- Delegate George W. Owings, III, District 27B
- Delegate Howard P. Rawlings, District 40
- Delegate Samuel I. Rosenberg, District 42
- Delegate Joseph F. Vallario, Jr., District 27A
- Delegate John F. Wood, Jr., District 29A
- Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- ADMINISTRATIVE AGENCIES
- CIVIL ACTIONS -see also- SMALL CLAIMS
- COMMERCE AND BUSINESS -see also- ENTERPRISE ZONES;SMALL BUS.
- COMPUTERS
- CONSUMER PROTECTION -see also- ADVTG.; LABELING; WARRANTIES.
- DAMAGES
- EVIDENCE
- LIABILITY -see also- GOOD SAMARITAN
- SUNSET
- Bill affects the following Statutes:
- Commercial Law
- (
11-203 ,
11-203 ,
21-101 ,
21-102 ,
21-103 ,
21-104
)
- Bill Text:
First Reading (PDF),
Third Reading (PDF), Enrolled (PDF)
- Fiscal Note:
Available (PDF)
- Amendments:
- House
- Number: 512807/1 (PDF) Offered on: March 27, 1999 at:
12:59 p.m. Status: Adopted
- Senate
- Number: 168665/1 (PDF) Offered on: April 7, 1999 at:
10:22 a.m. Status: Adopted
- Number: 873715/1 (PDF) Offered on: April 8, 1999 at:
11:24 a.m. Status: Rejected
- Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
- House
- March 28, 1999: Third Reading Passed (136-1)
- April 7, 1999: Third Reading Passed (137-1)
- Senate
- April 7, 1999: Floor Amendment (Pinsky) {873715/1 Rejected (20-25)
- April 8, 1999: Motion Special Order until later (Pinsky) Rejected (19-25)
- April 8, 1999: Third Reading Passed (30-17)
