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2003 SESSION
HB 1906 Medical malpractice; expert witnesses.
Introduced by: Kenneth R. Melvin | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Medical malpractice; expert witnesses. Limits the number of expert witnesses a party may designate, identify, or call to testify to no more than two per medical discipline on any issue presented. The bill does not limit the number of treating health care providers who may be called as witnesses. The bill permits the court to waive any limitations on medical experts, so long as the calling party pays all the costs incurred in their discovery, and to limit the number of other experts a party may designate, identify, or call to testify in the action.
FULL TEXT
- 01/08/03 House: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/07/03 036682848 pdf
- 02/27/03 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1906ER) pdf
- 03/24/03 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0251) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/08/03 House: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/07/03 036682848
- 01/08/03 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/31/03 House: Reported from Courts of Justice (21-Y 0-N)
- 02/01/03 House: Read first time
- 02/03/03 House: Read second time and engrossed
- 02/04/03 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
- 02/04/03 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (100-Y 0-N)
- 02/04/03 House: Communicated to Senate
- 02/05/03 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/05/03 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/17/03 Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice w/amd (14-Y 0-N)
- 02/18/03 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/18/03 Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/18/03 Senate: Read third time
- 02/18/03 Senate: Reading of amendment waived
- 02/18/03 Senate: Committee amendment agreed to
- 02/18/03 Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended
- 02/18/03 Senate: Passed Senate with amendment (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/18/03 Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE R (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/19/03 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/20/03 House: Senate amendment agreed to by House (97-Y 0-N)
- 02/20/03 House: VOTE: ADOPTION (97-Y 0-N)
- 02/27/03 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1906ER)
- 03/05/03 House: Enrolled
- 03/05/03 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/06/03 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/16/03 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 251 (effective 7/1/03)
- 03/24/03 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0251)