Indiana House Bill 1061 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 7-0)
Status: Engrossed on February 6 2018 - 50% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2018-02-20 - Senator Buck added as third sponsor
Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [PDF]

Asbestos litigation. Specifies causes of action that may constitute a product liability action. Repeals provisions pertaining to product liability actions that are based upon: (1) property damage resulting from asbestos; and (2) personal injury, disability, disease, or death resulting from exposure to asbestos. Requires certain disclosures regarding asbestos bankruptcy trust claims in civil asbestos actions. Provides medical criteria to set aside and preserve the claims of asbestos and silica claimants without physical impairment, and gives priority to asbestos and silica claimants with malignant conditions and impairing nonmalignant conditions. Urges the legislative council to assign to the appropriate interim study committee

Asbestos litigation. Specifies causes of action that may constitute a product liability action. Repeals provisions pertaining to product liability actions that are based upon: (1) property damage resulting from asbestos; and (2) personal injury, disability, disease, or death resulting from exposure to asbestos. Requires certain disclosures regarding asbestos bankruptcy trust claims in civil asbestos actions. Provides medical criteria to set aside and preserve the claims of asbestos and silica claimants without physical impairment, and gives priority to asbestos and silica claimants with malignant conditions and impairing nonmalignant conditions. Urges the legislative council to assign to the appropriate interim study committee

Rep. Matthew Lehman [R]	Rep. Gerald Torr [R]	Rep. Todd Huston [R]	Rep. Timothy Brown [R]
Sen. Rodric Bray [R]	Sen. Travis Holdman [R]	Sen. James Buck [R]

2018-02-05 - House - House - Third reading (Y: 59 N: 35 NV: 0 Abs: 6) [PASS]
2018-01-29 - House - House - Committee Vote (Y: 7 N: 6 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-02-20	Senate	Senator Buck added as third sponsor
2018-02-20	Senate	Senator Holdman added as second sponsor
2018-02-07	Senate	First reading: referred to Committee on Civil Law
2018-02-06	House	Referred to the Senate
2018-02-05	House	Senate sponsor: Senator Bray
2018-02-05	House	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 171: yeas 59, nays 35
2018-01-31	House	Amendment #1 (DeLaney) failed; voice vote
2018-01-31	House	Second reading: ordered engrossed
2018-01-29	House	Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
2018-01-09	House	Representatives Torr, Huston, Brown, T. added as coauthors
2018-01-03	House	First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary
2018-01-03	House	Authored by Representative Lehman

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2018/bills/house/1061/details
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/6/0/2/2/602251b2/HB1061.01.INTR.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/9/2/a/4/92a4c1d7/HB1061.01.INTR.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/7/1/3/5/713583db/HB1061.02.COMH.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/5/e/6/7/5e67cbb5/HB1061.01.INTR.00.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/5/7/4/5/5745beca/HB1061.171.pdf