CS/SB 2568 (2005) - Liability for Products

General Bill by Judiciary and Webster (CO-SPONSORS) Clary

Liability for Products: defines terms; provides that seller of product manufactured in United States may be dismissed from action for strict liability for harm caused by product; provides exceptions; provides procedures re dismissal; requires affidavit to accompany motion to dismiss; prescribes contents of affidavit; provides for discovery & hearing on motion to dismiss; authorizes certain claims for indemnification & contribution by builders, etc. Creates 768.1259.

Effective Date: 07/01/2005

Last Event: 05/06/05 S Died on Calendar on Friday, May 6, 2005 11:49 PM

Referred Committees and Committee Actions

Senate Referrals

Commerce and Consumer Services
- On agenda for: 04/13/05 2:00 PM
- Favorable (final action) Votes: Yeas 7 Nays 1
Judiciary
- On agenda for: 04/22/05 9:30 AM
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (final action) Votes: Yeas 8 Nays 0

Related Bills

Bill #	Subject	Relationship
Bill #: HB 1315	Subject: Civil Justice Reform	Relationship: Compare
Bill #: HB 1513	Subject: Civil Justice Reform	Relationship: Compare

Bill Text

Engrossed 1
Committee Substitute 1
- A 234142 Date Filed: 04/29/05, Page#: 1, Line#: 16 Senate: Withdrawn 5/5/2005 7:41:44 PM
- A 854722 Date Filed: 05/03/05, Page#: 1, Line#: 18 Senate: Withdrawn 5/5/2005 7:42:02 PM
- A 311232 Date Filed: 05/03/05, Page#: 1, Line#: 21 Senate: Withdrawn 5/5/2005 7:42:26 PM
- A 850344 Date Filed: 05/03/05, Page#: 2, Line#: 15 Senate: Adopted 5/5/2005 7:43:03 PM
- A 131492 Date Filed: 05/03/05, Page#: 2, Line#: 25 Senate: Withdrawn 5/5/2005 7:43:15 PM
- A 360110 Date Filed: 05/03/05, Page#: 3, Line#: 8 Senate: Adopted 5/5/2005 7:43:59 PM
- A 205714 Date Filed: 05/02/05, Page#: 4, Line#: 11 Senate: Withdrawn 5/4/2005 12:22:30 PM
- A 735884 Date Filed: 05/03/05, Page#: 4, Line#: 11 Senate: Adopted 5/5/2005 7:44:36 PM
- A 504656 Date Filed: 05/04/05, Page#: 4, Line#: 11 Senate: Withdrawn 5/4/2005 8:56:30 PM
- A 890698 Date Filed: 05/05/05, Page#: 4, Line#: 11 Senate: Withdrawn 5/5/2005 7:45:03 PM
Original Filed Version
- A 900486 Date Filed: 04/19/05, Page#: 2, Line#: 7 Senate: Withdrawn 4/21/2005 4:29:14 PM
- A 043448 Date Filed: 04/19/05, Page#: 1, Line#: 19
- AA 420830 Date Filed: 04/22/05, Page#: 2, Line#: 17
- AA 321228 Date Filed: 04/22/05, Page#: 2, Line#: 26
- AA 112090 Date Filed: 04/22/05, Page#: 3, Line#: 21

Staff Analysis

Chamber	Committee
Chamber: Senate	Committee: Judiciary 4/26/2005 4:22:45 PM
Chamber: Senate	Committee: Commerce and Consumer Services 4/14/2005 2:21:54 PM

Vote History

(No Votes Recorded)

Bill History

Event	Time	Member	Committee	Ver.
Event: S Died on Calendar	Time: 05/06/2005 - 11:49 PM	Member:	Committee:	Version: e1
Event: S Ordered engrossed -SJ 01209	Time: 05/05/2005 - 12:00 AM	Member:	Committee:	Version: e1
Event: S Amendment(s) adopted -SJ 01209	Time: 05/05/2005 - 12:00 AM	Member:	Committee:	Version: e1
Event: S Read second time -SJ 01209	Time: 05/05/2005 - 12:00 AM	Member:	Committee:	Version: e1
Event: S Placed on Special Order Calendar	Time: 05/05/2005 - 12:00 AM	Member:	Committee:	Version: e1
Event: S Placed on Special Order Calendar -SJ 01074	Time: 05/04/2005 - 12:00 AM	Member:	Committee:	Version: e1
Event: S Placed on Special Order Calendar -SJ 00886	Time: 05/03/2005 - 12:00 AM	Member:	Committee:	Version: e1
Event: S Placed on Calendar, on second reading -SJ 00640	Time: 04/26/2005 - 12:00 AM	Member:	Committee:	Version: e1
Event: S CS read first time on 04/27/05 -SJ 00653	Time: 04/22/2005 - 12:00 AM	Member:	Committee:	Version: e1
Event: S CS by- Judiciary; YEAS 8 NAYS 0 -SJ 00640	Time: 04/22/2005 - 12:00 AM	Member:	Committee:	Version: e1
Event: S On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 04/22/05, 9:30 am, 401-S	Time: 04/20/2005 - 12:00 AM	Member:	Committee:	Version: e1
Event: S On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 04/20/05, 9:15 am, 401-S --Pending reconsideration (Unfavorable; Yeas 4 Nays 4)	Time: 04/15/2005 - 12:00 AM	Member:	Committee:	Version: e1
Event: S Now in Judiciary -SJ 00454	Time: 04/14/2005 - 12:00 AM	Member:	Committee:	Version: e1
Event: S Favorable by Commerce and Consumer Services; YEAS 7 NAYS 1 -SJ 00454	Time: 04/13/2005 - 12:00 AM	Member:	Committee:	Version: e1
Event: S On Committee agenda-- Commerce and Consumer Services, 04/13/05, 2:00 pm, 401-S	Time: 04/08/2005 - 12:00 AM	Member:	Committee:	Version: e1
Event: S Introduced, referred to Commerce and Consumer Services; Judiciary -SJ 00302	Time: 03/30/2005 - 12:00 AM	Member:	Committee:	Version: e1
Event: S Filed	Time: 03/08/2005 - 12:00 AM	Member:	Committee:	Version: e1

Statutes Referenced by this Bill

Statute	Other Bill Citations
0768.1259