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HB 1067: Punitive Damages

GENERAL BILL by Santiago ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Baxley ; Hill ; La Rosa ; Stone ; Van Zant

Punitive Damages; Deletes language applying punitive damages limitation for certain civil actions prospectively only & applies it to all actions in which judgment has not been entered, regardless of when cause of action arose.

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• Bill History

  Date	Chamber	Action
  2/25/2015	House	• Filed
  3/3/2015	House	• Introduced -HJ 89
  3/8/2015	House	• Referred to Civil Justice Subcommittee; Judiciary Committee -HJ 191
  3/20/2015	House	• On Committee agenda-- Civil Justice Subcommittee, 03/24/15, 8:00 am, Sumner Hall --Temporarily postponed
  4/28/2015	House	• Died in Civil Justice Subcommittee

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• HB 1067, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 2/25/2015 at 5:26 PM

  Bill Text:	PDF

  Analyses:	Civil Justice Subcommittee (Post-Meeting) 3/20/2015 (pdf)

  Related Bills (1)

  Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location	Track Bills
  S 978	General Tort Liability	Richter	Similar	Last Action: 5/1/2015 S Died in Judiciary Location: In committee/council (JU)

  Committee Amendments (1)

  Amendment	Sponsor	Filed	Last Committee Action	Format
  924253 - Strike All Amendment Remove everything after the enacting clause and insert:	Santiago	3/23/2015 6:28 PM		PDF

  Citations - Statutes (1)

  Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
  768.73	Punitive damages; limitation.	Page 1 (pdf)

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