South Carolina Senate Bill 772 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: Introduced on April 6 2011 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2012-04-12 - Scrivener's error corrected
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]

Relating To Definitions For Purposes Of The South Carolina Tort Claims Act, To Provide A Definition For Economic And Noneconomic Damages; And To Amend Section 15-78-120, Relating To Liability Limits Imposed By The Tort Claims Act, To Provide That A Person May Recover The Actual Amount Of His Economic Damages, To Provide That Limits On Noneconomic Damages Are Fifty Thousand Dollars Per Person And No More Than Six Hundred Thousand Dollars Per Occurrence, And That The Limits On Noneconomic Damages Caused By A Licensed Physician Or Dentist Are Three Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars.

Tort Claims Act

Sen. Lee Bright [R]

Sen. Harvey Peeler [R]

Sen. Glenn Reese [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-04-12		Scrivener's error corrected
2012-04-11		Committee report: Majority favorable with amend., minority unfavorable Judiciary
2012-02-16		Referred to Subcommittee: L.Martin (ch), Rankin, Hutto, Bright, Davis
2011-04-06		Referred to Committee on Judiciary
2011-04-06		Introduced and read first time

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
15	78	120	(n/a)	See Bill Text
15	78	30	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=0772&session=119&summary=B
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess119_2011-2012/prever/772_20110406.htm
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess119_2011-2012/prever/772_20120411.htm
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess119_2011-2012/prever/772_20120412.htm