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2013 SESSION

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SB 757 No-contest clauses; limitations on penalty clause.

Introduced by: John S. Edwards | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE: (all summaries)

No-contest clauses; exceptions. Allows the beneficiary of a will or trust to institute an action to seek interpretation or enforcement of a provision of a will or trust without triggering the penalties of a no-contest clause. This bill does not eliminate the general utility of no-contest clauses to prevent unwarranted challenges or contests to the validity of a will or trust.

FULL TEXT

• 12/17/12  Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/13 13101676D  pdf
• 01/21/13  Senate: Floor substitute printed 13104146D-S1 (Edwards)  pdf

HISTORY

• 12/17/12  Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/13 13101676D
• 12/17/12  Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 01/14/13  Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice (7-Y 6-N)
• 01/15/13  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 01/16/13  Senate: Passed by for the day
• 01/17/13  Senate: Passed by for the day
• 01/18/13  Senate: Passed by for the day
• 01/21/13  Senate: Read second time
• 01/21/13  Senate: Floor substitute printed 13104146D-S1 (Edwards)
• 01/21/13  Senate: Reading of substitute waived
• 01/21/13  Senate: Substitute by Senator Edwards agreed to 13104146D-S1
• 01/21/13  Senate: Engrossed by Senate - floor substitute SB757S1
• 01/22/13  Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (23-Y 16-N)
• 01/25/13  House: Placed on Calendar
• 01/25/13  House: Read first time
• 01/25/13  House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 02/08/13  House: Assigned Courts sub: #2 Civil
• 02/11/13  House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table by voice vote
• 02/18/13  House: Left in Courts of Justice