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2022 SESSION
HB 782 Nonsuits; appeals from judgment of a general district court.
Introduced by: Wren M. Williams | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Nonsuits; appeals from judgment of a general district court; emergency. Permits a plaintiff to nonsuit a claim appealed from a general district court in a circuit court. As introduced, the bill was a recommendation of the Boyd-Graves Conference. The bill contains an emergency clause.
FULL TEXT
- 01/11/22 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101573D pdf
- 02/25/22 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB782ER) pdf
- 04/08/22 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0206) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/11/22 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101573D
- 01/11/22 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/21/22 House: Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #2
- 01/24/22 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 1-N)
- 01/28/22 House: Reported from Courts of Justice (17-Y 1-N)
- 02/01/22 House: Read first time
- 02/02/22 House: Read second time and engrossed
- 02/03/22 House: Read third time and passed House (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/03/22 House: VOTE: Passage (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/04/22 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/04/22 Senate: Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
- 02/16/22 Senate: Reported from Judiciary with amendments (14-Y 0-N)
- 02/18/22 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- 02/21/22 Senate: Read third time
- 02/21/22 Senate: Reading of amendments waived
- 02/21/22 Senate: Committee amendments agreed to
- 02/21/22 Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended
- 02/21/22 Senate: Passed Senate with amendments (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/23/22 House: Senate amendments agreed to by House (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/23/22 House: Emergency clause added
- 02/23/22 House: VOTE: Adoption (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/25/22 House: Enrolled
- 02/25/22 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB782ER)
- 02/25/22 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/25/22 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/11/22 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2022
- 03/11/22 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
- 04/08/22 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 206 (effective 4/8/22)
- 04/08/22 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0206)