Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Judiciary Committee on June 30, 2011. The 2011 session has ended.
2011 Regular Session
Senate Bill 622
Allows plaintiff in civil action or suit based on use of tobacco, or exposure to tobacco, to recover from manufacturer of product containing tobacco costs of medical monitoring for disease that are incurred after judgment in action or suit is entered.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislative Assembly published with the bill.
Allows plaintiff in civil action or suit based on use of tobacco, or exposure to tobacco, to recover from manufacturer of product containing tobacco costs of medical monitoring for disease that are incurred after judgment in action or suit is entered. Provides that costs of medical monitoring may be recovered without showing of present injury if plaintiff establishes that plaintiff has increased risk of disease by reason of use or exposure. Provides that in action or suit to recover costs of medical monitoring, judgment may require that as condition of receiving medical monitoring plaintiff must have ceased use of tobacco products or have agreed to enter smoking cessation program paid for by defendant. Requires that action or suit to recover costs of medical monitoring for disease based on use of tobacco, or exposure to tobacco, must be commenced not more than two years after later of effective date of Act, or date on which plaintiff first discovered, or in exercise of reasonable care should have discovered, increased risk of disease by reason of use of tobacco or exposure to tobacco.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
Its course
February 3 to June 30, 2011, 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 3 to Jun 30 · stopped147 days
Waiting for a committeeFeb 3 to Feb 74 days
JudiciaryFeb 7 to Jun 30 · stopped143 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.