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SF 537Died when the session ended · March 3, 2021

Relating to tort liability, including employer liability in civil actions involving commercial motor vehicles and arising from an employee’s negligence, punitive or exemplary damages, and noneconomic damages available against owners or operators of commercial motor vehicles

Topics:Courts & civil lawJobs & workers

Same legislation: SSB 1238, HSB 259, HF 772

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Also covers SSB 1238 and HSB 259 and HF 772.

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Where it is now

  1. Done: IntroducedMarch 1, 2021
  2. Done: SubcommitteeMarch 1, 2021
  3. Done: Senate committeeMarch 3, 2021
  4. Stopped: Passes the SenateDied when the General Assembly ended
  5. Next: House committee
  6. Next: Passes the House
  7. Next: To the Governor
  8. Next: Signed into law

Died when the session ended The 2022 session adjourned on May 24, 2022, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?

Senate subcommittee

Named March 1, 2021 (as SSB 1238). On March 2, 2021 it recommended passage.

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Lobbying

15 for · 4 against · 7 undecided · Who →

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Where this legislation came from and where it went: earlier tries, the versions it moved through this Assembly, and later bills built on it.

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HSB 259RenumberedSSB 1238Renumbered

89th General Assembly

SF 537Cleared committeefrom SSB 1238HF 772Cleared committeefrom HSB 259

Earlier and later bills are matched by wording or an identical title; check the text to be sure it’s the same idea.