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2009 Regular Session

Senate Bill 3073

Certificate of merit; require for filing of negligence suits against licensed professionals.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Judiciary B Committee on March 3, 2009. The 2009 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO REQUIRE THE CONTEMPORANEOUS FILING OF A CERTIFICATE OF MERIT AS A CONDITION OF FILING ANY ACTION FOR DAMAGES ALLEGING PROFESSIONAL NEGLIGENCE BY A LICENSED PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER, A REGISTERED ARCHITECT, A REGISTERED PROFESSIONAL LAND SURVEYOR, A LICENSED REAL ESTATE BROKER OR SALESPERSON, OR A LICENSED RESIDENTIAL BUILDER OR REMODELER, OR ANY PROFESSION FOR WHICH THE STATE REQUIRES A LICENSE; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the Senate

1 co-sponsor

Bob M. Dearing

Its course

January 19 to March 3, 2009, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

Every action13 actions on 8 days

In the SenateJan 19 to Feb 517 days

Business and Financial InstitutionsJan 19 to Jan 278 days

In the House of RepresentativesFeb 5 to Mar 3 · stopped26 days

Judiciary BFeb 19 to Mar 3 · stopped12 days

Amendments

Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

  • Senate floor amendmentPending

  • Senate floor amendmentPending

  • Senate floor amendmentAdopted

    Adopted Feb 5

  • Senate floor amendmentAdopted

    Adopted Feb 13

Text

Each version as the Legislature printed it.

l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.

What happened

In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.

In the Senate Jan 19 – Feb 5

  1. Jan 19Referred to the Senate committee on Business and Financial Institutions
  2. Jan 27Reported from committee in the Senate: title sufficient, do pass as a committee substitute
  3. Feb 5Committee substitute adopted in the Senate
  4. Amended in the Senate
  5. Passed the Senate as amended

In the House of Representatives Feb 6 – Mar 3

  1. Feb 6Motion in the Senate to reconsider entered
  2. Feb 13Reconsidered in the Senate
  3. Amended in the Senate
  4. Motion in the Senate to recommit lost
  5. Passed the Senate as amended
  6. Feb 17Sent to the House
  7. Feb 19Referred to the House committee on Judiciary B
  8. Mar 3Died in committee in the House
All 13 actions, as published
  1. Jan 19Referred To Business and Financial InstitutionsSenate
  2. Jan 27Title Suff Do Pass Comm SubSenate
  3. Feb 5Committee Substitute AdoptedSenate
  4. Feb 5AmendedSenate
  5. Feb 5Passed As AmendedSenate
  6. Feb 6Motion to Reconsider EnteredSenate
  7. Feb 13ReconsideredSenate
  8. Feb 13AmendedSenate
  9. Feb 13Motion to Recommit LostSenate
  10. Feb 13Passed As AmendedSenate
  11. Feb 17Transmitted To HouseSenate
  12. Feb 19Referred To Judiciary BHouse of Representatives
  13. Mar 3Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives