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2020 SESSION
HB 759 Strategic lawsuits against public participation; special motion to dismiss, stay of discovery.
Introduced by: Schuyler T. VanValkenburg | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)
Strategic lawsuits against public participation; special motion to dismiss; stay of discovery; fees and costs. Establishes a procedure by which a party alleging that a claim filed against him is a strategic lawsuit against public participation (SLAPP), as defined in the bill, may file a special motion to dismiss. The bill provides that the filing of such a special motion to dismiss shall stay discovery proceedings related to the claim, pending the entry of an order adjudicating the special motion to dismiss. The bill provides that a court shall award reasonable expenses related to a special motion to dismiss, including attorney fees and costs, if the moving party prevails, in whole or in part, on such a special motion. The bill allows the court to award such reasonable expenses to a prevailing responding party to a special motion to dismiss if the court finds that such a motion was filed in bad faith or solely with the intent to delay the underlying proceedings.
FULL TEXT
- 01/07/20 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20104817D pdf
- 02/07/20 House: Committee substitute printed 20107492D-H1 pdf
- 02/19/20 Senate: Committee substitute printed 20108626D-S1 pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/07/20 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20104817D
- 01/07/20 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/30/20 House: Assigned Courts sub: Civil
- 02/03/20 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 2-N)
- 02/07/20 House: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (10-Y 6-N)
- 02/07/20 House: Committee substitute printed 20107492D-H1
- 02/09/20 House: Read first time
- 02/10/20 House: Read second time
- 02/10/20 House: Committee substitute agreed to 20107492D-H1
- 02/10/20 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB759H1
- 02/11/20 House: Read third time and passed House (64-Y 34-N)
- 02/11/20 House: VOTE: Passage (64-Y 34-N)
- 02/12/20 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/12/20 Senate: Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
- 02/19/20 Senate: Reported from Judiciary with substitute (13-Y 1-N)
- 02/19/20 Senate: Committee substitute printed 20108626D-S1
- 02/21/20 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N)
- 02/24/20 Senate: Read third time
- 02/24/20 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/24/20 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 20108626D-S1
- 02/24/20 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB759S1
- 02/24/20 Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/26/20 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/26/20 House: Senate substitute rejected by House 20108626D-S1 (0-Y 96-N)
- 02/26/20 House: VOTE: REJECTED (0-Y 96-N)
- 02/28/20 Senate: Senate insisted on substitute (38-Y 0-N)
- 02/28/20 Senate: Senate requested conference committee
- 03/02/20 House: House acceded to request
- 03/02/20 House: Conferees appointed by House
- 03/02/20 House: Delegates: VanValkenburg, Simon, Kilgore
- 03/03/20 Senate: Conferees appointed by Senate
- 03/03/20 Senate: Senators: Edwards, Petersen, Chafin
- 03/12/20 House: No further action taken
- 03/12/20 House: Failed to pass in House