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2003 SESSION

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HB 1978 Wills and decedents' estates; presumption of death.

Introduced by: Clifford L. Athey, Jr. | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)

Wills and decedents' estates; presumption of death. Provides a "specific peril" exception to the Enoch Arden statute that presumes that an individual who is absent or has disappeared for at least seven years has died.

FULL TEXT

• 01/08/03  House: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/07/03 038838772  pdf
• 01/27/03  House: Printed as engrossed 038838772-E  pdf
• 02/25/03  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1978ER)  pdf
• 03/24/03  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0254)  pdf

AMENDMENTS

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HISTORY

• 01/08/03  House: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/07/03 038838772
• 01/08/03  House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 01/16/03  House: Assigned to C. J. sub-committee: 2
• 01/22/03  House: Reported from C. J. with amendments (21-Y 0-N)
• 01/24/03  House: Read first time
• 01/27/03  House: Read second time
• 01/27/03  House: Committee amendments agreed to
• 01/27/03  House: Engrossed by House as amended
• 01/27/03  House: Printed as engrossed 038838772-E
• 01/28/03  House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N)
• 01/28/03  House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (97-Y 0-N)
• 01/28/03  House: Communicated to Senate
• 01/29/03  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
• 01/29/03  Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 02/12/03  Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N)
• 02/14/03  Senate: Const. reading disp., passed by for the day (37-Y 0-N)
• 02/14/03  Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (37-Y 0-N)
• 02/17/03  Senate: Read third time
• 02/17/03  Senate: Passed Senate (37-Y 0-N)
• 02/17/03  Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE R (37-Y 0-N)
• 02/25/03  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1978ER)
• 02/26/03  House: Enrolled
• 02/26/03  House: Signed by Speaker
• 02/27/03  Senate: Signed by President
• 03/16/03  Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 254 (effective 7/1/03)
• 03/24/03  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0254)