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2021 SPECIAL SESSION I
SB 1351 Workers' compensation; claims not barred.
Introduced by: Lynwood W. Lewis, Jr. | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Workers' compensation; claims not barred. Provides that an order issued by the Workers' Compensation Commission awarding or denying benefits shall not bar by res judicata any claim by an employee or cause a waiver, abandonment, or dismissal of any claim by an employee if the order does not expressly adjudicate such claim.
FULL TEXT
- 01/13/21 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101731D pdf | impact statement
- 02/26/21 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1351ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/31/21 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0515) pdf
HISTORY
- 01/13/21 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101731D
- 01/13/21 Senate: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
- 01/25/21 Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N)
- 01/27/21 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 01/28/21 Senate: Read second time and engrossed
- 01/29/21 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (37-Y 0-N)
- 02/02/21 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/02/21 House: Read first time
- 02/02/21 House: Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
- 02/08/21 House: Continued to Special Session 1 in Labor and Commerce by voice vote
- 02/10/21 House: Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #1
- 02/16/21 House: Reported from Labor and Commerce (21-Y 0-N)
- 02/16/21 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/16/21 House: Assigned Courts sub: Civil
- 02/17/21 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- 02/20/21 House: Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N)
- 02/23/21 House: Read second time
- 02/24/21 House: Read third time
- 02/24/21 House: Passed by temporarily
- 02/24/21 House: Passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N)
- 02/24/21 House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (97-Y 0-N)
- 02/26/21 Senate: Enrolled
- 02/26/21 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1351ER)
- 02/26/21 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/27/21 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/01/21 Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 1, 2021
- 03/01/21 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
- 03/31/21 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 515 (effective 7/1/21)
- 03/31/21 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0515)