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2007 SESSION

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SB 1009 Civil actions; docketing for trial.

Introduced by: Richard L. Saslaw | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE: (all summaries)

Civil actions; docketing for trial.  Provides that civil actions, except requests for default judgments and determination of damages in such cases and domestic relations cases brought under Chapter 11 of Title 16.1 or under Title 20, cannot be set for trial for at least six months after service of process is made on all defendants unless the parties to the action agree otherwise or good cause is shown that the trial should proceed at an earlier date.

FULL TEXT

• 01/09/07  Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/07 070051824  pdf
• 02/01/07  Senate: Committee substitute printed 070582816-S1  pdf

HISTORY

• 01/09/07  Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/07 070051824
• 01/09/07  Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 01/31/07  Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
• 02/01/07  Senate: Committee substitute printed 070582816-S1
• 02/02/07  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/02/07  Senate: VOTE: (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/05/07  Senate: Read second time
• 02/05/07  Senate: Reading of substitute waived
• 02/05/07  Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 070582816-S1
• 02/05/07  Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1009S1
• 02/06/07  Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/06/07  Senate: VOTE: (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/06/07  Senate: Communicated to House
• 02/07/07  House: Placed on Calendar
• 02/07/07  House: Read first time
• 02/07/07  House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 02/09/07  House: Assigned Courts sub: Civil Law
• 02/20/07  House: Left in Courts of Justice