File Code: Civil Actions and Procedures
- Sponsored By:
-
Senators Zirkin and Stone
- Entitled:
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Courts - Jury Trials in Civil Actions - Amount in Controversy
Increasing from $10,000 to $15,000 the maximum amount in controversy
in a civil action in which a party may not demand a jury trial;
providing for the construction and application of the Act; and making
the Act contingent on the passage and ratification of a specified
constitutional amendment.
Legislative date is used to record
history occurring in the Chambers
otherwise Calendar date is used.
Senate Action
- 1/15
- First Reading Judicial Proceedings
- 1/19
- Hearing 2/2 at 1:00 p.m.
- 1/26
- Hearing cancelled
- Hearing 2/2 at 2:00 p.m.
- 2/22
- Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings
- 2/23
- Favorable
- Favorable Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed
- 2/25
- Third Reading Passed (33-13)
- 4/9
- Senate Concur - House Amendment
- Third Reading Passed (35-11)
- Passed Enrolled
House Action
- 2/26
- First Reading Judiciary
- 3/17
- Hearing 3/31 at 1:00 p.m.
- 4/12
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary
- 4/6
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- Motion Rules Suspended two readings same day (Delegate Vallario) Adopted (123-14)
- Third Reading Passed with Amendments (112-27)
Action after passage in Senate and House
- 5/4
- Approved by the Governor
- - Chapter 225
Sponsored by:
- Senator Bobby A. Zirkin, District 11
- Senator Norman R. Stone, Jr., District 6
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- Civil Actions -see also- Small Claims
- Courts -see also- Circuit; Appeals; District; Orphans`; etc.
- Juries -see also- Grand Juries
- Trials
Bill affects the following Statute:
- Courts and Judicial Proceedings
- (
4-402
)
All documents except Roll Call Votes are
displayed in PDF format:
- Bill Text:
First Reading,
Third Reading, Enrolled, Chapter
- Fiscal and Policy Note:
Available
- Amendments:
House
- Number: 882818/01 Offered on: April 12, 2010 at:
2:20 p.m. Status: Adopted
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Committee Votes :
Senate
- Judicial Proceedings
House
- Judiciary
- Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
Senate
- February 25, 2010: Third Reading Passed (33-13)
- April 9, 2010: Third Reading Passed (35-11)
House
- April 6, 2010: Motion Rules Suspended two readings same day (Vallario) Adopted (123-14)
- April 6, 2010: Third Reading Passed (112-27)
