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HB 1590 Duty of care to law-enforcement officers and firefighters; fireman's rule.
Introduced by: Jeffrey L. Campbell | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Duty of care to law-enforcement officers and firefighters; fireman's rule. Provides that the common-law doctrine known as the fireman's rule, as described in the bill, shall not be a defense to certain claims. The fireman's rule is based on assumption of the usual risks of injury in such employment, whether caused by a negligent or a nonnegligent act of the defendant.
FULL TEXT
- 01/02/17 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102558D pdf
- 02/15/17 Senate: Committee substitute printed 17105562D-S1 pdf
- 02/24/17 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1590ER) pdf
- 03/13/17 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0315) pdf
HISTORY
- 01/02/17 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102558D
- 01/02/17 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/13/17 House: Assigned Courts sub: Civil Law
- 01/23/17 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
- 01/27/17 House: Reported from Courts of Justice (21-Y 0-N)
- 01/31/17 House: Read first time
- 02/01/17 House: Read second time and engrossed
- 02/02/17 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (95-Y 0-N)
- 02/02/17 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (95-Y 0-N)
- 02/03/17 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/03/17 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/15/17 Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/15/17 Senate: Committee substitute printed 17105562D-S1
- 02/17/17 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/20/17 Senate: Read third time
- 02/20/17 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/20/17 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 17105562D-S1
- 02/20/17 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1590S1
- 02/20/17 Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/20/17 Senate: Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/20/17 Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/21/17 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/21/17 House: Senate substitute agreed to by House 17105562D-S1 (97-Y 0-N)
- 02/21/17 House: VOTE: ADOPTION (97-Y 0-N)
- 02/24/17 House: Enrolled
- 02/24/17 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1590ER)
- 02/24/17 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/24/17 Senate: Signed by President
- 02/28/17 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/28/17
- 02/28/17 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
- 03/13/17 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 315 (effective 7/1/17)
- 03/13/17 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0315)