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
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    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 |