Liz Guzmán
- Democratic
Accrual of cause of action; diagnosis of latent injury or disease. Provides that a cause of action for a latent injury shall accrue when such injury and its causal connection to an injurious or disease-causing substance, product, or circumstance is first communicated to the injured person or his agent by a physician. The bill further provides that a diagnosis of a nonmalignant substance-related, product-related, or circumstance-related latent injury or disease shall not accrue an action based upon the subsequent diagnosis of a malignant substance-related latent injury or disease.
Accrual of cause of action; diagnosis of latentinjury or disease. Provides that a cause of action for a latentinjury shall accrue when such injury and its causal connection toan injurious or disease-causing substance is first communicated tothe injured person or his agent by a physician. The bill furtherprovides that a diagnosis of a nonmalignant substance-related latentinjury or disease shall not accrue an action based upon the subsequent diagnosis of a malignant substance-related latent injury or disease.
Approved by Governor-Chapter 195 (effective 7/1/21)
Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 1, 2021
Signed by Speaker
Enrolled
Signed by President
Senate substitute agreed to by House 21200305D-S1 (95-Y 0-N)
VOTE: Adoption (95-Y 0-N)
Placed on Calendar
Read third time
Passed Senate with substitute (30-Y 8-N)
Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB2139S1
Committee substitute agreed to 21200305D-S1
Reading of substitute waived
Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N)
Committee substitute printed 21200305D-S1
Reported from Judiciary with substitute (10-Y 4-N)
Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
Reconsidered by Judiciary
Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
Passed by indefinitely in Judiciary with letter (13-Y 2-N)
Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Judiciary (14-Y 0-N)
Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
Constitutional reading dispensed
Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
Read second time
Printed as engrossed 21102437D-E
Engrossed by House as amended HB2139E
Committee amendments agreed to
Read first time
House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N)
House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (7-Y 1-N)
Assigned Courts sub: Civil
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102437D
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
Bill Text Versions | Format |
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Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102437D | HTML |
Printed as engrossed 21102437D-E | HTML |
Committee substitute printed 21200305D-S1 | HTML |
HB2139ER | HTML |
CHAP0195 | HTML |
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Amendment: HB2139AH | HTML |
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