Civil Remedies
Summary
Civil Remedies; Creating a rebuttable presumption that a lodestar fee is a sufficient and reasonable attorney fee in most civil actions; reducing the statute of limitations for negligence actions; providing standards for bad faith actions; providing for the distribution of proceeds when two or more third-party claims arising out of a single occurrence exceed policy limits; providing standards for the admissibility of evidence to prove the cost of damages for medical expenses in certain civil actions; requiring the trier of fact to consider the fault of certain persons who contribute to an injury, etc.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2023
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Mar 7, 2023
Last action Mar 22, 2023
Floor votes
How they voted
No floor votes recorded yet.
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
21
Key actions
5
Committee
6
Amendments
2
Mar 20, 2023
Upper · Passed
Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
upper
Mar 15, 2023
Upper · Passed
On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 03/16/23, 8:30 am, 412 Knott Building
upper
Mar 14, 2023
Introduced
Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Amendments)
upper
Mar 14, 2023
Introduced
Favorable with 1 amendment(s) by Judiciary (209768); YEAS 8 NAYS 4
upper
Mar 9, 2023
Upper · Passed
On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 03/14/23, 4:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
upper
Mar 9, 2023
Upper · Passed
Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
upper
Mar 7, 2023
Introduced
Introduced
upper
Mar 2, 2023
Upper · Passed
On Committee agenda-- Banking and Insurance, 03/07/23, 4:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
upper
Mar 2, 2023
Committee
Referred to Banking and Insurance; Judiciary; Fiscal Policy
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Travis Hutson
RRepublican
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