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SB 288: Design Professionals

GENERAL BILL by Negron

Design Professionals; Provides for limited liability for engineers, surveyors and mappers, architects, interior designers, and registered landscape architects as a result of construction defects resulting from the performance of a contract. Provides that, if a contract requires professional liability insurance, the contract may not limit the liability of the design professional in a manner that is inconsistent with the insurance requirements, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2011
Last Action: 3/9/2011 Senate - Unfavorable by Regulated Industries, laid on Table; YEAS 4 NAYS 8 -SJ 186
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Regulated Industries (RI)
  2. Judiciary (JU)
  3. Budget (BC)



Bill History

Date Chamber Action
12/17/2010 Senate • Filed
1/5/2011 Senate • Referred to Regulated Industries; Judiciary; Budget -SJ 31
3/4/2011 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Regulated Industries, 03/09/11, 1:00 pm, 110 Senate Office Building
3/8/2011 Senate • Introduced -SJ 31
3/9/2011 Senate • Unfavorable by Regulated Industries, laid on Table; YEAS 4 NAYS 8 -SJ 186