The Florida Senate

HB 563: Limits Noneconomic Damage/Fair Share

JOINT RESOLUTION by Mack

Limits Noneconomic Damage/Fair Share; constitutional amendment to provide limitation of $250,000 on noneconomic damages in tort cases, which amount may be annually adjusted for inflation as provided by general law; proposes that court shall supervise arrangements for payment of damages to protect against conflicts of interest that may have effect of reducing amount of damages awarded that are actually paid to claimants, etc. Creates s. 22, Art. X.

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• Bill History

  Date	Chamber	Action
  2/23/2003	House	• Prefiled
  2/26/2003	House	• Referred to Judiciary
  3/4/2003	House	• Introduced, referred to Judiciary -HJ 00058
  5/2/2003	House	• Died in Committee on Judiciary, Link/Iden/Sim/Compare passed, refer to CS/SB 2-D (Ch. 2003-416)

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• HB 563, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 2/23/2003 at 12:27 PM

  Bill Text:	Web Page | PDF

  Analyses:	None

  Related Bills (3)

  Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location
  H 753	Medical Malpractice	Homan	Compare	Last Action: 5/2/2003 H Died in Committee on Judiciary, Link/Iden/Sim/Compare passed, refer to CS/SB 2-D (Ch. 2003-416) Location:
  S 1302	Medical Malpractice	Cowin	Compare	Last Action: 5/2/2003 S Died in Committee on Health, Aging, and Long-Term Care, Link/Iden/Sim/Compare passed, refer to CS/SB 2-D (Ch. 2003-416) Location:
  S 2354	Limits Noneconomic Damages/Torts	Wise	Compare	Last Action: 5/2/2003 S Died in Committee on Judiciary, Link/Iden/Sim/Compare passed, refer to CS/SB 2-D (Ch. 2003-416) Location:

  Citations - Constitution (1)

  Article	Section	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
  X	Section 22

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