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1999 SESSION
HB 1669 Localities; immunity for certain computer failures.
Introduced by: James F. Almand | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS ENACTED WITH GOVERNOR'S RECOMMENDATION: (all summaries)
Localities; immunity for certain computer failures. Provides that tort actions may not be brought against the Commonwealth’s counties, cities, towns or entities established by one or more local governments to provide public transportation services, or other political subdivisions, or employees or officers thereof based upon the failure of a computer, software program, database, network, information system, firmware, or other device to interpret, produce, calculate, generate, or account for a date which is compatible with the "Year 2000" date change. Acts or omissions constituting gross negligence or willful misconduct are excluded from the bill’s coverage. The bill is a recommendation of the Joint Commission on Technology and Science.
FULL TEXT
- 01/13/99 House: Presented & ordered printed 994573860 pdf
- 02/24/99 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1669ER) pdf
- 04/07/99 House: Reenrolled bill text (HB1669ER2) pdf
- 04/14/99 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0978) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/13/99 House: Presented & ordered printed 994573860
- 01/13/99 House: Referred to Committee on Science and Technology
- 01/22/99 House: Reported from Science and Technology (20-Y 0-N)
- 01/25/99 House: Read first time
- 01/26/99 House: Read second time and engrossed
- 01/27/99 House: Read third time and passed House (97-Y 2-N)
- 01/27/99 House: VOTE: PASSAGE (97-Y 2-N)
- 01/27/99 House: Communicated to Senate
- 01/28/99 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 01/28/99 Senate: Referred to Committee on General Laws
- 02/10/99 Senate: Reported from General Laws with amds. (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/11/99 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/11/99 Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/12/99 Senate: Read third time
- 02/12/99 Senate: Reading of amendments waived
- 02/12/99 Senate: Committee amendments agreed to
- 02/12/99 Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended
- 02/12/99 Senate: Passed Senate with amendments (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/12/99 Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE R (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/15/99 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/16/99 House: Senate amendments agreed to by House (97-Y 2-N)
- 02/16/99 House: VOTE: ADOPTION (97-Y 2-N)
- 02/24/99 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1669ER)
- 02/26/99 House: Enrolled
- 02/26/99 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/26/99 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/29/99 House: Governor's recommendation received by House
- 04/07/99 House: Placed on Calendar
- 04/07/99 House: House concurred in Gov. recomm. (Block Vote) (99-Y 0-N)
- 04/07/99 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE-ADOPTION (99-Y 0-N)
- 04/07/99 Senate: Senate concurred in Gov's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
- 04/07/99 Senate: VOTE: (40-Y 0-N)
- 04/07/99 Senate: Rec. of Gov's recommendation agreed to (40-Y 0-N)
- 04/07/99 Senate: VOTE: (40-Y 0-N)
- 04/07/99 Senate: Senate concurred in Gov's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
- 04/07/99 Senate: VOTE: (40-Y 0-N)
- 04/07/99 Governor: Governor's recommendation adopted
- 04/07/99 House: Reenrolled
- 04/07/99 House: Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
- 04/07/99 Senate: Signed by President as reenrolled
- 04/07/99 House: Enacted, Chapter 978 (effective 7/1/99)
- 04/07/99 House: Reenrolled bill text (HB1669ER2)
- 04/14/99 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0978)