Joint Tortfeasors; require to identify in answer.

HB 145 requires defendants in civil lawsuits to identify other responsible parties (joint tortfeasors) in their legal answers to complaints. If a defendant fails to name these parties, they forfeit the right to later allocate fault to them. The bill does not change how fault is calculated (it remains proportional based on each party's percentage of responsibility) but adds a procedural step for identifying all potentially liable parties early in the case. This is a procedural change to court filings, not a substantive shift in liability rules. The bill died in committee and was never enacted into law.