File Code: Estates and Trusts
- Sponsored By:
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Delegate Rosenberg
- Entitled:
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Estates and Trusts - Deceased Personality - Property Rights
Establishing that a person who uses a specified deceased personality's
name, voice, signature, photograph, or likeness on or in products,
merchandise, or goods, or for purposes of advertising or selling, or
soliciting purchases of, products, merchandise, goods, or services, is
liable for specified damages; establishing the amount of damages for
an action brought under the Act; establishing that specified rights
are transferable and descendible; etc.
Legislative date is used to record
history occurring in the Chambers
otherwise Calendar date is used.
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House Action
- 2/3
- First Reading Judiciary
- 2/2
- Hearing 2/15 at 1:00 p.m.
- 2/20
- Unfavorable Report by Judiciary
Senate Action
- No Action
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- Advertising
- Attorneys' Fees
- Civil Actions -see also- Small Claims
- Commerce and Business -see also- Dealers; Elec. Comm.; etc
- Court Costs
- Damages
- Death -see also- Advance Medical Directives; Wrongful Death.
- Estates and Trusts
- Liability -see also- Good Samaritan
- Names
- Privacy
- Signatures
Bill affects the following Statute:
- Estates and Trusts
- (
1-501 through 1-514
)
All documents except Roll Call Votes are
displayed in PDF format:
- Bill Text:
First Reading,
Third Reading, Enrolled
- Fiscal and Policy Note:
Available
- Amendments:
None offered
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Committee Votes :
House
- Judiciary
