Relating to commencement of civil actions in magistrate court [SB-489]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
The purpose of this bill is to amend the requirements of the statement relating to the nature of the cause of action for commencement of an action in magistrate court by commercial creditors.
SB-489: Relating to commencement of civil actions in magistrate court
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles S. Trump
Filed For Introduction on 03/01/2017
Eliminating certain fees generated by suggestee executions [HB-2737]
[Finance ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Criminal Justice ]
The purpose of this bill is to eliminate certain fees generated by suggestee executions and to further streamline the collection of state moneys received as a result of certain court transactions or court services through more efficient technology.
HB-2737: Eliminating certain fees generated by suggestee executions
Sponsored by: Rep. Rodney Allen Miller
Filed For Introduction on 02/28/2017
Relating to class action safeguards [SB-450]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
The purpose of this bill is to provide class action safeguards. It attempts to ensure that the class action mechanism is not used to eliminate required elements of proof and precludes statutory damages in class actions. It addresses awards of attorneys’ fees in class actions by requiring courts to consider the overall benefit of the settlement or judgment to the class and the ratio of the proposed fee to the overall benefit. It also addresses when an appeal lies from an order granting or denying class certification.
SB-450: Relating to class action safeguards
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles S. Trump
Filed For Introduction on 02/27/2017
Relating to Medical Professional Liability [HB-2682]
[Healthcare ]
[Law Enforcement ]
The purpose of this bill is to amend the Medical Professional Liability Act by adding a definition for “occurrence,” providing for a preference of venue, establishing an attorney’s fees schedule based upon the amount recovered, establishing the effective date and providing for severability.
HB-2682: Relating to Medical Professional Liability
Sponsored by: Rep. Daryl E. Cowles
Filed For Introduction on 02/23/2017
Relating to damages for medical monitoring [HB-2580]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Consumer Protection ]
The purpose of this bill is to establish limits applicable to the award of damages for medical monitoring.
HB-2580: Relating to damages for medical monitoring
Sponsored by: Rep. William Everette Anderson
Filed For Introduction on 02/21/2017
Relating to admissibility of certain evidence in a civil action for damages [HB-2581]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
The purpose of this bill is to allow admission of evidence in a civil action of the use or nonuse of a safety belt on the issues of negligence, contributory negligence, comparative negligence and failure to mitigate damages.
HB-2581: Relating to admissibility of certain evidence in a civil action for damages
Sponsored by: Rep. Daryl E. Cowles
Filed For Introduction on 02/21/2017
HB-2531: Allowing military personnel and reservists the additional five-year period to enter upon or recover land already allowed to infants and the insane
Sponsored by: Rep. Ron Walters
Filed For Introduction on 02/17/2017
You have voted HB-2531: Allowing military personnel and reservists the additional five-year period to enter upon or recover land already allowed to infants and the insane.
You have voted HB-2539: Permitting a housing authority to garnish delinquent rents and other amounts owed to the authority from the renter’s income tax refund.
Providing compensation to victims of abusive lawsuits [SB-342]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Crime ]
[Funding ]
The purpose of this bill is to provide compensation to victims of abusive lawsuits; and provide that a party in a civil action is entitled to recover attorney’s fees and costs after a court dismisses a claim as lacking any basis in law or fact.
SB-342: Providing compensation to victims of abusive lawsuits
Sponsored by: Sen. Mark R. Maynard
Filed For Introduction on 02/17/2017
Creating offer of settlement [SB-340]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
The purpose of this bill is to create an offer of settlement; acceptance or rejection; consequences; frivolous claims or defenses.
SB-340: Creating offer of settlement
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles S. Trump
Filed For Introduction on 02/17/2017
Relating to medical professional liability [SB-338]
[Healthcare ]
[Law Enforcement ]
The purpose of this bill is to amend the Medical Professional Liability Act by adding a definition for “occurrence,” providing for a preference of venue, establishing an attorney’s fees schedule based upon the amount recovered, establishing the effective date and providing for severability.
SB-338: Relating to medical professional liability
Sponsored by: Sen. Ryan J. Ferns
Chapter 3, Acts, Regular Session, 2017 on 05/23/2017
Relating generally to damages for medical monitoring [SB-287]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Consumer Protection ]
The purpose of this bill is to govern when and how civil damages for future medical monitoring expenses will be paid and administered.
SB-287: Relating generally to damages for medical monitoring
Sponsored by: Sen. Craig P. Blair
Filed For Introduction on 02/14/2017
Relating to increasing salary or wages of judgment debtor [SB-261]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Data Privacy ]
The purpose of this bill is to increase the salary or wages of a judgment debtor, that may be exempt from execution by a judgment creditor, who is an employee of state, a state agency, or any political subdivision of the state, from 30 to 50 times the federal minimum hourly wage (then in effect). This increased exemption was changed for private employees who are judgment debtors during the 2016 Regular Session. Subsection (b) corresponds to language found in §38-5A-3, creating consistency for public and private employees.  The bill also requires
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SB-261: Relating to increasing salary or wages of judgment debtor
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles S. Trump
Chapter 149, Acts, Regular Session, 2017 on 05/23/2017