New Harmony and Wabash River bridge authority.
Summary
Provides that the New Harmony and Wabash River bridge authority (bridge authority) and its members, officers, and employees are immune from civil liability resulting from any act or omission related to implementation of the statute that establishes the bridge authority. Provides that the immunity does not extend to a person who commits an act or omits to do an act that amounts to gross negligence or willful and wanton misconduct. Requires the attorney general to defend the bridge authority and its members, officers, and employees if any of these are made a party to a civil suit and the attorney general determines that the suit has arisen out of an act or omission of any of these authorized or required under the bridge authority law or any other law. Repeals an existing statute in the bridge authority law relating to civil immunity.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2020
Committee Review
Feb 2020
House Passage
Feb 2020
Senate Passage
Feb 2020
Signed into Law
Mar 2020
Introduced Mar 4, 2020
Signed Mar 21, 2020
Floor votes · Senate Feb 24, 2020 · House Feb 3, 2020
How they voted
39–0
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 41
Feb 24, 2020
D
Democratic8
87% Yea
R
Republican33
96% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
26
Key actions
5
Committee
3
Amendments
2
Mar 21, 2020
Signed into law
Signed by the Governor
executive
Mar 5, 2020
Amended
House concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 326: yeas 90, nays 0
lower
Mar 4, 2020
Introduced
Motion to concur filed
lower
Feb 25, 2020
Amended
Returned to the House with amendments
upper
Feb 24, 2020
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (39-0-2)
senate
Feb 18, 2020
Upper · Passed
Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
upper
Feb 4, 2020
Committee
Referred to the Senate
lower
Feb 3, 2020
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (87-0-5)
house
Jan 28, 2020
Lower · Passed
Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
lower
3 primary · 3 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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