Contributory negligence; motor vehicle accident involving a pedestrian, bicyclist, etc.
Summary
Contributory negligence; motor vehicle accidentinvolving a pedestrian, bicyclist, etc. Provides that the negligenceof a pedestrian, bicyclist, or other person lawfully using a deviceother than a motor vehicle on a public highway who is involved ina collision with a motor vehicle shall not bar a plaintiff's recoveryin any civil action unless the plaintiff's negligence is (i) a proximatecause of the plaintiff's injury and (ii) greater than the aggregatedtotal amount of negligence of all the defendants that proximatelycaused the plaintiff's injury.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2020
Committee Review
Jan 2020
Senate Passage
Jan 2020
House of Delegates Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 7, 2020
Last action Jan 29, 2020
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate. No roll call record of that vote is available.
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
4
Key actions
1
Committee
2
Jan 29, 2020
Upper · Passed
Passed by indefinitely in Judiciary (14-Y 1-N)
upper
Jan 24, 2020
Committee
Assigned Judiciary sub: Civil Law
upper
Jan 7, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
upper
Jan 7, 2020
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101064D
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Scott Surovell
DDemocratic
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