l9n/ Oregon

2015 Regular Session

House Bill 2760

Authorizes court, as part of settlement or judgment in class action, to approve process for payment of damages.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Judiciary Committee on July 6, 2015. The 2015 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislative Assembly published with the bill.

Authorizes court, as part of settlement or judgment in class action, to approve process for payment of damages. Directs court to order that at least 50 percent of amount awarded as damages and not paid to class members be deposited in Legal Aid Supplementary Account. Directs court to order that remainder of amount not paid to class members be paid to entity for purposes related to class action or benefiting interests of class members. Establishes Legal Aid Supplementary Account in State Treasury. Directs Oregon Department of Administrative Services to make quarterly distributions of interest earned by account to Oregon State Bar for funding Legal Services Program. Declares emergency, effective on passage.

Sponsors

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

In the House of Representatives

Its course

January 12 to July 6, 2015, 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 House of RepresentativesJan 12 to Jul 6 · stopped175 days

Waiting for a committeeJan 12 to Jan 164 days

JudiciaryJan 16 to Jul 6 · stopped171 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 House of Representatives Jan 12 – Jul 6

  1. Jan 12Introduced
  2. Jan 16Sent to Judiciary
  3. Jul 6Died when the session ended
All 3 actions, as published
  1. Jan 12First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.House of Representatives
  2. Jan 16Referred to Judiciary.House of Representatives
  3. Jul 6In committee upon adjournment.House of Representatives