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2021 SPECIAL SESSION I
SB 1180 Civil actions; actions filed on behalf of multiple similarly situated persons.
Introduced by: Scott A. Surovell | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE: (all summaries)
Civil actions filed on behalf of multiple persons. Provides that a circuit court may enter an order joining, coordinating, consolidating, or transferring civil actions upon finding that separate civil actions brought by a plaintiff on behalf of multiple similarly situated persons involve common questions of law or fact and arise out of the same transaction, occurrence, or series of transactions or occurrences. The bill requires the Supreme Court to promulgate rules no later than November 1, 2021, governing such actions. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2022.
FULL TEXT
- 01/08/21 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102394D pdf
- 01/27/21 Senate: Committee substitute printed 21103326D-S1 pdf
- 02/01/21 Senate: Printed as engrossed 21103326D-ES1 pdf | impact statement
AMENDMENTS
- House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- Senate amendments
HISTORY
- 01/08/21 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102394D
- 01/08/21 Senate: Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
- 01/27/21 Senate: Reported from Judiciary with substitute (9-Y 4-N)
- 01/27/21 Senate: Committee substitute printed 21103326D-S1
- 01/29/21 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (35-Y 0-N)
- 02/01/21 Senate: Read second time
- 02/01/21 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/01/21 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 21103326D-S1
- 02/01/21 Senate: Reading of amendments waived
- 02/01/21 Senate: Amendments by Senator Surovell agreed to
- 02/01/21 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute with amendments SB1180ES1
- 02/01/21 Senate: Printed as engrossed 21103326D-ES1
- 02/02/21 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 18-N)
- 02/05/21 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/05/21 House: Read first time
- 02/05/21 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/08/21 House: Continued to Special Session 1 in Courts of Justice by voice vote
- 02/18/21 House: Assigned Courts sub: Civil
- 02/19/21 House: Subcommittee failed to recommend reporting (4-Y 4-N)
- 03/01/21 House: Left in Courts of Justice