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2021 SESSION

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HB 2139 Accrual of cause of action; diagnosis of latent injury or disease.

Introduced by: Elizabeth R. Guzman | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)

Accrual of cause of action; diagnosis of latent injury or disease. Provides that a cause of action for a latent injury shall accrue when such injury and its causal connection to an injurious or disease-causing substance, product, or circumstance is first communicated to the injured person or his agent by a physician. The bill further provides that a diagnosis of a nonmalignant substance-related, product-related, or circumstance-related latent injury or disease shall not accrue an action based upon the subsequent diagnosis of a malignant substance-related latent injury or disease.

FULL TEXT

• 01/12/21  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102437D  pdf
• 01/29/21  House: Printed as engrossed 21102437D-E  pdf

AMENDMENTS

• House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted
• House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• House amendments adopted

HISTORY

• 01/12/21  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102437D
• 01/12/21  House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 01/21/21  House: Assigned Courts sub: Civil
• 01/22/21  House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (7-Y 1-N)
• 01/27/21  House: Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N)
• 01/28/21  House: Read first time
• 01/29/21  House: Read second time
• 01/29/21  House: Committee amendments agreed to
• 01/29/21  House: Engrossed by House as amended HB2139E
• 01/29/21  House: Printed as engrossed 21102437D-E
• 02/01/21  House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
• 02/01/21  House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
• 02/02/21  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
• 02/02/21  Senate: Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
• 02/05/21  Senate: Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Judiciary (14-Y 0-N)