Virginia House Bill 127 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on December 16 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-12-04 - Left in Courts of Justice
Pending: House Courts of Justice Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Bystander claims for intentional or negligent infliction of injury or death; emotional distress. Provides that a bystander who witnesses, live and in-person, an event during which the intentional or negligent infliction of injury to or death of a victim occurs may recover damages for resulting emotional distress, proven by a preponderance of the evidence, with or without a physical impact or physical injury to the bystander, if (i) the bystander is related to the victim or (ii) although not related to the victim, the bystander is in close proximity to the victim at the time the event occurs and is aware that such event is causing injury to or the death of the victim.

Intentional or negligent infliction of injury or death; bystander claims for emotional distress.

Del. Jason Miyares [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-12-04	House	Left in Courts of Justice
2020-02-05	House	Continued to 2021 in Courts of Justice by voice vote
2020-01-31	House	Subcommittee recommends continuing to 2021 by voice vote
2020-01-30	House	Assigned Courts sub: Civil
2019-12-16	House	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2019-12-16	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101772D

HB127 (Carry Over) 2020-02-05 - Continued to 2021 in Courts of Justice by voice vote

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
8	01	42.6	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+sum+HB127
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+ful+HB127+hil