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2019 Regular Session

Senate Bill 907

Provides for award of attorney fees to prevailing plaintiff in claim for professional malpractice of attorney.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Judiciary Committee on June 30, 2019. The 2019 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislative Assembly published with the bill.

Provides for award of attorney fees to prevailing plaintiff in claim for professional malpractice of attorney. Requires minimum coverage limit required by professional liability fund to be at least $300,000 for each claim brought against attorney, with no limitation on number of claims that may be covered. Prohibits professional liability fund from paying amount exceeding one-sixth of required minimum coverage limit for payment of claim against attorney for cost of defense of attorney.

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 28 to June 30, 2019, 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 28 to Jun 30 · stopped122 days

Waiting for a committeeFeb 28 to Mar 11 day

JudiciaryMar 1 to Jun 30 · stopped121 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 28 – Jun 30

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