Virginia House Bill 1431 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on December 16 2022 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2023-02-07 - Left in Courts of Justice
Pending: House Courts of Justice Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Contributory negligence bar; abolished. Provides that the negligence of a plaintiff shall not automatically bar plaintiff's recovery in any action for injury, wrongful death, or property damage unless the plaintiff's negligence is (i) a proximate cause of the plaintiff's injury and (ii) greater than the aggregated total amount of negligence of all the defendants that proximately caused the plaintiff's injury. The bill further provides that any damages recoverable by the plaintiff shall be diminished by an amount that is proportionately equal to the percentage of negligent conduct of the plaintiff.

Contributory negligence bar; abolished.

Del. Phillip Scott [R]

2023-01-18 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (6-Y 2-N) (Y: 6 N: 2 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-02-07	House	Left in Courts of Justice
2023-01-18	House	Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (6-Y 2-N)
2023-01-17	House	Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #2
2022-12-16	House	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2022-12-16	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23100146D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
8	01	34.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB1431
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1431+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+H0802V0006+HB1431