Punitive or exemplary damages; consistency provided by changing references to damages. (HB1610)

Introduced By

Del. Greg Habeeb (R-Salem)

Progress

Introduced
Passed Committee
Passed House
Passed Senate
Signed by Governor
Became Law

Description

Punitive or exemplary damages. Provides consistency by changing references to "exemplary damages" or "punitive or exemplary damages" to "punitive damages." The terms "exemplary" and "punitive" are interchangeable. The bill also makes technical corrections and is a recommendation of the Code Commission. Read the Bill »

Outcome

Bill Has Passed

History

DateAction
01/08/2015Committee
01/08/2015Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/14/15 15100296D
01/08/2015Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
01/13/2015Assigned Courts sub: Civil Law
01/14/2015Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 0-N)
01/28/2015Reported from Courts of Justice (21-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
01/30/2015Read first time
02/02/2015Read second time and engrossed
02/03/2015Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
02/03/2015VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/04/2015Constitutional reading dispensed
02/04/2015Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
02/11/2015Reported from Courts of Justice (13-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/13/2015Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/16/2015Read third time
02/16/2015Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/19/2015Enrolled
02/19/2015Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1610ER)
02/19/2015Signed by Speaker
02/20/2015Signed by President
02/23/2015G Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, Monday, March 30, 2015
02/23/2015Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/23/15
02/23/2015G Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, Sunday, March 29, 2015
03/27/2015G Approved by Governor-Chapter 710 (effective 7/1/15)
03/27/2015G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0710)

Video

This bill was discussed on the floor of the General Assembly. Below is all of the video that we have of that discussion, 1 clip in all, totaling 25 seconds.