Hammers' Law
Summary
Hammers' Law This bill makes additional compensation recoverable for nonpecuniary damages (but not punitive damages) for deaths resulting from a passenger cruise ship voyage accident occurring on the high seas beyond 12 nautical miles from the U.S. shore.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Apr 2022
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced Apr 7, 2022
Last action Apr 7, 2022
Floor votes
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Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
2
Key actions
0
Committee
1
Apr 7, 2022
Committee
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
upper
Apr 7, 2022
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
upper
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
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