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CS/SB 1974: Prenatal Death Caused by Negligence

GENERAL BILL by Judiciary ; Posey

Prenatal Death Caused by Negligence; provides for admissibility of certain evidence in evaluating claim for damages for mental pain & suffering of parents in action alleging that pregnancy was wrongfully ended by negligence of another; provides findings & intent; provides applicability. Creates 768.38.

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• Bill History

  Date	Chamber	Action
  3/3/2005	Senate	• Filed
  3/16/2005	Senate	• Introduced, referred to Judiciary; Banking and Insurance -SJ 00197
  4/15/2005	Senate	• On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 04/20/05, 9:15 am, 401-S --Temporarily postponed
  4/20/2005	Senate	• On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 04/22/05, 9:30 am, 401-S
  4/22/2005	Senate	• CS by Judiciary; YEAS 8 NAYS 0 -SJ 00567; CS read first time on 04/26/05 -SJ 00582
  4/26/2005	Senate	• Now in Banking and Insurance -SJ 00567
  5/6/2005	Senate	• Died in Committee on Banking and Insurance

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• CS/SB 1974, Committee Substitute 1 (Current Bill Version) Posted 4/26/2005 at 7:37 AM

  Bill Text:	Web Page | PDF

  Analyses:	Judiciary (Post-Meeting) 4/25/2005 (pdf)

  Related Bills (1)

  Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location
  H 839		Llorente	Compare	Last Action: 5/6/2005 H Died on Calendar Location:

  Citations - Statutes (1)

  Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
  768.38

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• SB 1974, Original Filed Version Posted 3/3/2005 at 7:44 AM

  Bill Text:	Web Page | PDF

  Analyses:	None

  Committee Amendments (2)

  Amendment	Sponsor	Filed	Last Committee Action	Format
  224420 - Amendment	Judiciary (Posey)	4/19/2005 8:25 PM		Web Page PDF
  743242 - Amendment	Judiciary (Posey)	4/20/2005 8:30 AM		Web Page PDF

  Committee Votes (1)

  Date	Committee	Result
  4/22/2005 9:30 AM	Judiciary	8 Yeas - 0 Nays

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