Tort Liability and Reform - As introduced, allows the personal representative of the deceased to recover in a wrongful death action for the benefit of the decedent's survivors and estate; states that a defense that would bar or reduce a survivor's recovery may be asserted against that survivor but shall not affect the recovery of any other survivor. - Amends TCA Title 20.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2019
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Feb 5, 2019
Last action Feb 12, 2020
Floor votes
How they voted
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Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
9
Key actions
3
Committee
6
Feb 12, 2020
Committee
Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee
upper
Mar 19, 2019
Lower · Passed
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee of Judiciary
lower
Mar 13, 2019
Lower · Passed
Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 3/19/2019
lower
Feb 11, 2019
Committee
Assigned to s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee
lower
Feb 7, 2019
Committee
P2C, ref. to Judiciary
lower
Feb 7, 2019
Upper · Passed
Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
upper
Feb 6, 2019
Introduced
Intro., P1C.
lower
Feb 6, 2019
Introduced
Introduced, Passed on First Consideration
upper
2 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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