Space Flight Liability and Immunity Act; civil immunity for space flight entities. (HB3184)
Introduced By
Del. Terry Kilgore (R-Gate City)
Progress
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Introduced |
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Passed Committee |
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Passed House |
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Passed Senate |
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Signed by Governor |
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Became Law |
Description
Spaceflight Liability and Immunity Act; corporate tax exemptions for spaceflight entities. Grants immunity to spaceflight entities providing spaceflight activities to any participant in a suborbital flight. Spaceflight entities are required to distribute warning statements to all participants notifying them of their immunity from civil suit. The Act does not provide immunity from gross negligence, situations where the spaceflight entity has actual knowledge of a dangerous condition, or intentional injuries to the participant. The bill also provides a state corporate income tax exemption for the sale of passenger tickets on a suborbital spaceflight conducted by a spaceflight entity and any gain recognized as a result of resupply services contracts entered with the Commercial Orbital Transportation Services division of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Read the Bill »
Status
04/04/2007: enacted
History
| Date | Action |
|---|---|
| 01/19/2007 | Committee |
| 01/19/2007 | Presented and ordered printed 074664424 |
| 01/19/2007 | Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice |
| 01/25/2007 | Assigned Courts sub: Civil Law |
| 01/26/2007 | Impact statement from TAX (HB3184) |
| 02/03/2007 | Committee substitute printed 077237424-H1 |
| 02/03/2007 | Read first time |
| 02/05/2007 | Read second time |
| 02/05/2007 | Committee substitute agreed to 077237424-H1 |
| 02/05/2007 | Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB3184H1 |
| 02/06/2007 | Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) |
| 02/06/2007 | Communicated to Senate |
| 02/07/2007 | Constitutional reading dispensed |
| 02/07/2007 | Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice |
| 02/19/2007 | Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments (15-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/20/2007 | Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) |
| 02/20/2007 | Motion to reconsider Passed by for the day agreed to (40-Y 0-N) |
| 02/20/2007 | VOTE: (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/20/2007 | Passed by for the day |
| 02/21/2007 | Read third time |
| 02/21/2007 | Reading of amendments waived |
| 02/21/2007 | Committee amendments agreed to |
| 02/21/2007 | Engrossed by Senate as amended |
| 02/21/2007 | Passed Senate with amendments (39-Y 0-N) |
| 02/21/2007 | VOTE: (39-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/21/2007 | Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) |
| 02/21/2007 | Passed Senate with amendments (40-Y 0-N) |
| 02/21/2007 | VOTE: (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/22/2007 | Placed on Calendar |
| 02/22/2007 | Senate amendments agreed to by House (95-Y 0-N) |
| 02/22/2007 | VOTE: ADOPTION (95-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 03/12/2007 | Enrolled |
| 03/12/2007 | Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB3184ER) |
| 03/12/2007 | Signed by President |
| 03/13/2007 | Signed by Speaker |
| 03/26/2007 | Governor's recommendation received by House |
| 03/27/2007 | Governor's substitute printed 070439129-H2 |
| 04/03/2007 | Placed on Calendar |
| 04/04/2007 | Enacted, Chapter (effective 7/1/07) |
| 04/04/2007 | House concurred in Governor's recommendation (99-Y 0-N) |
| 04/04/2007 | VOTE: ADOPTION (99-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 04/04/2007 | G Governor's recommendation adopted |
| 04/04/2007 | Reenrolled |
| 04/04/2007 | Reenrolled bill text (HB3184ER2) |
| 04/04/2007 | Signed by Speaker as reenrolled |
| 04/04/2007 | Signed by President as reenrolled |
| 04/04/2007 | Enacted, Chapter 893 (effective 7/1/07) |
| 04/11/2007 | G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0893) |