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HB2197

Summary judgment; limited use of discovery depositions and affidavits.

Status:
Enacted

Chief Patron:
Todd Gilbert (R)

Session:
2019 Regular Session

Summary

As Introduced. Summary judgment; limited use of discovery depositions and affidavits.

Allows for the limited use of discovery depositions and affidavits in support of or in opposition to a motion for summary judgment, provided that the only parties to the action are business entities and the amount at issue is $50,000 or more. This bill is identical to SB 1486.

  • Bill History

  • 01/08/2019 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19103756D
  • 01/08/2019 - House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
  • 01/14/2019 - House: Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #2
  • 01/14/2019 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
  • 01/21/2019 - House: Reported from Courts of Justice (18-Y 0-N)
  • 01/23/2019 - House: Read first time
  • 01/24/2019 - House: Read second time and engrossed
  • 01/25/2019 - House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N)
  • 01/25/2019 - House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (97-Y 0-N)
  • 01/28/2019 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
  • 01/28/2019 - Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
  • 01/30/2019 - Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice (7-Y 6-N)
  • 02/01/2019 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
  • 02/04/2019 - Senate: Read third time
  • 02/04/2019 - Senate: Passed Senate (25-Y 15-N)   Close Floor Vote
  • 02/05/2019 - House: Enrolled
  • 02/05/2019 - House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2197ER)
  • 02/05/2019 - House: Signed by Speaker
  • 02/05/2019 - Senate: Signed by President
  • 02/06/2019 - House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 6, 2019
  • 02/06/2019 - Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 13, 2019
  • 02/13/2019 - Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 10 (effective 7/1/19)
  • 02/13/2019 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0010)

Full text and vote history:

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