EVIDENCE: Provides for evidence in personal injury claims
Bill status
vetoed
4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2020
Committee Review
May 2020
House Passage
May 2020
Senate Passage
May 2020
Vetoed
Jun 2020
Introduced Feb 28, 2020
Vetoed Jun 15, 2020
Floor votes · House May 22, 2020
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
20
Key actions
3
Committee
4
Amendments
2
Jun 15, 2020
Vetoed
Veto message received and read. Lies over under the rules. (See 2020 1ES journal for Veto Message)
lower
Jun 14, 2020
Vetoed
Veto message from the Governor received and read. (See 2020 1ES journal for Veto Message)
upper
Jun 12, 2020
Vetoed
Vetoed by the Governor.
lower
May 31, 2020
Lower · Passed
Read by title, roll called, yeas 68, nays 23, Senate amendments concurred in.
lower
May 29, 2020
Introduced
Received from the Senate with amendments.
lower
May 29, 2020
Upper · Passed
Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 22 yeas and 13 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
upper
May 27, 2020
Committee
Reported favorably. Rules suspended. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
upper
May 25, 2020
Committee
Received in the Senate; read by title Rules suspended. Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary A.
upper
May 22, 2020
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 61, nays 39. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
May 20, 2020
Introduced
Reported with amendments (8-6).
lower
Mar 9, 2020
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.
lower
Feb 28, 2020
Committee
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.
lower
0 primary · 16 co-sponsors
Sponsors
No sponsor information available.
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