KY SB31 | 2016 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Engrossed on February 19 2016 - 50% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2016-02-22 - to Judiciary (H)
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #4) [PDF]
Status: Engrossed on February 19 2016 - 50% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2016-02-22 - to Judiciary (H)
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #4) [PDF]
Summary
Create a new section of the Kentucky Rules of Evidence to prohibit the introduction of expressions of sympathy, compassion, commiseration, or a general sense of benevolence in medical malpractice actions.
Title
AN ACT relating to evidence in medical malpractice actions.
Sponsors
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2016-02-22 | House | to Judiciary (H) |
| 2016-02-19 | House | received in House |
| 2016-02-18 | Senate | 3rd reading, passed 29-9 |
| 2016-02-17 | Senate | posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 18, 2016 |
| 2016-02-12 | Senate | 2nd reading, to Rules |
| 2016-02-11 | Senate | reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar |
| 2016-01-07 | Senate | to Judiciary (S) |
| 2016-01-06 | Senate | introduced in Senate |
