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2013 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2373

Asbestos trust claims; impose restrictions.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Judiciary, Division A Committee on February 5, 2013. The 2013 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO REQUIRE CLAIMANTS IN ASBESTOS TORT ACTIONS TO MAKE CERTAIN DISCLOSURES PERTAINING TO ASBESTOS TRUST CLAIMS THAT HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED TO ASBESTOS TRUST ENTITIES FOR THE PURPOSE OF COMPENSATING THE CLAIMANT FOR ASBESTOS EXPOSURE; TO DEFINE CERTAIN TERMS; TO REQUIRE CLAIMANTS TO PROVIDE CERTAIN INFORMATION AND PROVIDE THE TIME PERIOD THEREFOR; TO SPECIFY THE TIME FOR FILING CERTAIN MOTIONS AND RESPONSES; TO PROVIDE FOR SEVERABILITY AND PREEMPTION; TO PROVIDE STATEMENTS OF FINDINGS AND INTENT; 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

Its course

January 21 to February 5, 2013, 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 action2 actions on 2 days

In the SenateJan 21 to Feb 5 · stopped15 days

Judiciary, Division AJan 21 to Feb 5 · stopped15 days

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 21 – Feb 5

  1. Referred to the Senate committee on Judiciary, Division A
  2. Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published