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SB 1900: Defamation/Foreign Judgment [SPSC]

GENERAL BILL by Deutch

Defamation/Foreign Judgment [SPSC]; Provides that a foreign judgment that has been declared to be unenforceable by a circuit court need not be enforced. Authorizes a person to bring an action for a declaratory judgment regarding the enforceability of foreign judgments based on a cause of action for defamation or similar cause of action. Requires a circuit court to declare such foreign judgments unenforceable under certain circumstances.

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• Bill History

  Date	Chamber	Action
  2/19/2009	Senate	• Filed
  3/5/2009	Senate	• Introduced, referred to Judiciary; Rules -SJ 00141
  5/2/2009	Senate	• Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration; Died in Committee on Judiciary, Link/Iden/Sim/Compare passed, refer to HB 949 (Ch. 2009-232)

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• SB 1900, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 3/3/2009 at 4:13 PM

  Bill Text:	Web Page | PDF

  Analyses:	None

  Related Bills (2)

  Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location
  H 949		Van Zant	Compare	Last Action: 6/24/2009 Approved by Governor; Chapter No. 2009-232 Location:
  S 1066	Foreign Defamation Judgments/Nonrecognition [SPSC]	Aronberg	Compare	Last Action: 4/29/2009 S Placed on Special Order Calendar; Substituted HB 949 -SJ 00827; Laid on Table, Link/Iden/Sim/Compare passed, refer to HB 949 (Ch. 2009-232) -SJ 00827 Location:

  Citations - Statutes (2)

  Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
  55.605	Grounds for nonrecognition.
  55.6054

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