Civil actions; actions filed on behalf of multiple similarly situated persons. (SB1180)

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Progress

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

Description

Civil actions filed on behalf of multiple persons. Provides that a circuit court may enter an order joining, coordinating, consolidating, or transferring civil actions upon finding that separate civil actions brought by a plaintiff on behalf of multiple similarly situated persons involve common questions of law or fact and arise out of the same transaction, occurrence, or series of transactions or occurrences. The bill requires the Supreme Court to promulgate rules no later than November 1, 2021, governing such actions. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2022. Read the Bill »

Status

04/17/2021: Awaiting a Vote in the Courts of Justice Committee

History

Date	Action
01/08/2021	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102394D
01/08/2021	Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
01/27/2021	Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
01/27/2021	Reported from Judiciary with substitute (9-Y 4-N) (see vote tally)
01/27/2021	Committee substitute printed 21103326D-S1
01/29/2021	Constitutional reading dispensed (35-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/01/2021	Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
02/01/2021	Read second time
02/01/2021	Reading of substitute waived
02/01/2021	Committee substitute agreed to 21103326D-S1
02/01/2021	Reading of amendments waived
02/01/2021	Amendments by Senator Surovell agreed to
02/01/2021	Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute with amendments SB1180ES1
02/01/2021	Printed as engrossed 21103326D-ES1
02/02/2021	Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 18-N) (see vote tally)
02/05/2021	Placed on Calendar
02/05/2021	Read first time
02/05/2021	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
02/08/2021	Continued to Special Session 1 in Courts of Justice
02/10/2021	Impact statement from DPB (SB1180ES1)
02/18/2021	Assigned Courts sub: Civil
02/19/2021	Subcommittee failed to recommend reporting (4-Y 4-N)
02/20/2021	House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
03/01/2021	Left in Courts of Justice