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HB 3871: Product Liability

GENERAL BILL by Civil Justice & Claims ; Warner ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Ritter ; Flanagan ; Thrasher ; Brooks ; Alexander ; Crist ; Putnam

Product Liability; provides time period for bringing action for product liability or fraud; provides exception; provides government rules defense re certain product liability actions; provides for rebuttable presumption; provides requirements re products which are drugs. Amends 95.031; creates 768.1256.

Effective Date: Contingent
Last Action: 5/1/1998 Senate - Died in Committee on Rules and Calendar
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF



Bill History

Date Chamber Action
3/2/1998 House • Prefiled
3/3/1998 House • Introduced -HJ 00061
3/5/1998 House • Placed on General Calendar -HJ 00148
3/6/1998 House • Read second time -HJ 00132; Amendment(s) failed -HJ 00132; Amendment(s) adopted -HJ 00132
3/10/1998 House • Read third time -HJ 00152; Passed as amended; YEAS 82 NAYS 34 -HJ 00152
3/12/1998 Senate • In Messages
3/18/1998 Senate • Received, referred to Rules and Calendar -SJ 00215
5/1/1998 Senate • Died in Committee on Rules and Calendar