l9n/ Oregon

2007 Regular Session

Senate Bill 667

Imposes limits on awards of punitive damages based on nature of action and type of defendant.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Judiciary Committee on June 28, 2007. The 2007 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislative Assembly published with the bill.

Imposes limits on awards of punitive damages based on nature of action and type of defendant. Provides that employer or principal is not liable for punitive damages by reason of tort of employee or agent unless employer or principal knew that employee or agent intended to commit tort and failed to take reasonable action to prevent commission of tort or employer or principal ratified actions of employee or agent that constitute tort.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the Senate

Its course

February 26 to June 28, 2007, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

Every action3 actions on 3 days

In the SenateFeb 26 to Jun 28 · stopped122 days

Waiting for a committeeFeb 26 to Feb 282 days

JudiciaryFeb 28 to Jun 28 · stopped120 days

Text

Each version as the Legislative Assembly printed it.

l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.

What happened

In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislative Assembly published it is below.

In the Senate Feb 26 – Jun 28

  1. Introduced
  2. Sent to Judiciary
  3. Died when the session ended
All 3 actions, as published