CIVIL/PROCEDURE: Provides relative to prescriptive periods for wrongful death and survival actions

Extended the prescriptive period for survival actions from one year to two years from the date of death.

Extended the prescriptive period for wrongful death actions from one year to two years from the date of death.

Removed the provision allowing a longer one-year-two-year period based on when injury was sustained, simplifying the deadline to strictly two years from death.

The statute of limitations for wrongful death actions was clarified to be one year from the date of death, or two years from the date of injury if that is longer.

A specific provision was added stating that medical malpractice wrongful death actions are governed by R.S. 9:5628, separating them from the general wrongful death timeline.

The digest section explaining the legislative intent and abstract was removed as the bill was enrolled and finalized.

Extended the prescriptive period for survival actions from one year to two years from the date of death, or two years from the date injury occurred, whichever is longer.

Added a specific provision stating that medical malpractice survival and wrongful death actions are governed by R.S. 9:5628.

Updated the bill's title and sponsor list to reflect additional representatives and reclassified the version from Engrossed to Reengrossed.