Courts - Prohibited Indemnity and Defense Liability Agreements
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Oct 2021
Committee Review
Feb 2022
Senate Passage
Feb 2022
House of Delegates Passage
Governor
Introduced Oct 15, 2021
Last action Mar 16, 2022
Floor votes · Senate Feb 19, 2022
How they voted
44–0
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 46
Feb 19, 2022
D
Democratic31
100% Yea
R
Republican15
86% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
10
Key actions
2
Committee
4
Feb 25, 2022
House of Delegates · Referred to committee
Referred Judiciary
Feb 24, 2022
Senate · Passed
Third Reading Passed
Feb 22, 2022
Senate · Reported by committee
Favorable with Amendments {
Feb 21, 2022
Senate · Reported by committee
Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings
Feb 19, 2022
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (44-0-2)
Jan 12, 2022
Senate · Referred to committee
First Reading Judicial Proceedings
Oct 15, 2021
Senate · Introduced
Pre-filed
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Chris West
RRepublican
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