Bill No. |
Issue |
LRC Position |
Bill Status |
HB 1322
Rep. McCoy (D) |
Increases liability for all employers by broadly defining “disability” and requiring employers to make accommodations for disability.
**Similar bill signed into law in 2007** |
Oppose |
House Rules
|
HB 1491
Rep. Kirby (D) |
Creating punitive damages for insurance claims handling
**Similar bill signed into law in 2007 and upheld as R-67** |
Oppose |
House Rules |
HB 1589
Rep. Schual-Berke (D) |
Provides for public funding for judicial campaigns.
|
Oppose |
House Committee on State Government and Tribal Affairs
|
HB 1763
Rep. Williams (D) |
Expands liability by creating a new cause of action related to a breach of electronic information. |
Oppose |
House Judiciary |
HB 1873
Rep. Ormsby (D) |
Expands the wrongful death statute and allows more claims to be brought under this statute. Senate amendments include an age cap of 26 and elimination joint and several liability for some aspects of wrongful death claims. |
Oppose |
House concurrence calendar
Passed the Senate 47-0
Passed the House 59-34-0-5 |
HB 1935
Rep. Williams (D) |
Increases construction liability |
Oppose |
House Rules |
HB 2142
Rep. Linville (D) |
Creates a new cause of action against the state for workplace bullying. |
Oppose |
House Appropriations
Passed out of House Commerce and Labor on 2/6 |
HB 2945
Rep. Linville (D) |
Creating a cause of action for the wrongful death of a companion animal |
Oppose |
House Judiciary Committee
Heard in committee 2/1
Executive Session scheduled for 2/5 |
HB3336
Rep. Schaul-Berke (D) |
Provides public funding for Supreme Court races. |
Oppose |
House State Government and Tribal Affairs Committee
Heard in committee 2/20 |
HB3349
Rep. Ericks (D) |
Requires DOL to review the need for regulation of contractors involved in the repair, alteration or construction of single-family homes. |
Support |
Senate Rules
Passed the House 93-1-0-4 |
SB 5044
Sen. Weinstein (D) |
Increases the construction statute of repose from six years to 10 years and eliminates any statute of repose for structural defects in residential construction.
|
Oppose |
Senate Judiciary |
SB 5046
Sen. Weinstein (D) |
Creates a new cause of action for construction defect litigation.
|
Oppose
|
Senate Consumer Protection and Housing
|
SB 5048
Sen. Weinstein (D) |
Extends the statute of limitations for construction defect litigation.
|
Oppose
|
Senate Rules |
SB 5049
Sen. Weinstein (D) |
Creates new warranty rights in residential construction, thereby increasing liability for those in the design/build process.
|
Oppose |
Senate Consumer Protection and Housing |
SB 5198
Sen. Brandland (R)
|
Provides for the admissibility of evidence in auto accident litigation as to whether the parties were wearing their seatbelts.
|
Support |
Senate Judiciary |
SB 5226
Sen. Oemig (D) |
Provides for public funding for judicial campaigns.
|
Oppose |
Senate Ways and Means |
SB 5341
Sen. Kline (D) |
Expands liability by setting damage awards in statute for entities that experience a breach of computerized data. Currently, remedies are available, but this bill expands the possible damage awards and makes them greater than actual damages, up to $500 per security breach. |
Oppose |
Senate Consumer Protection and Housing
|
SB 5344
Sen. Kline (D)
|
Expands liability by holding insurers criminally liable if the Insurance Commissioner deems that they fraudulently denied a claim. |
Oppose |
Senate Rules |
SB 5550
Sen. Weinstein (D) |
Expands liability for new home construction by creating new and additional home warranties.
|
Oppose |
Senate Rules |
SB 5725
Sen. Franklin (D) |
Allows plaintiffs to recover the amount billed by a health care provider, rather than the lower amount actually paid by the health insurer. |
Oppose |
Senate Rules |
SB 5815
Sen. Weinstein (D) |
Expands the Consumer Protection Act, including increasing allowable damage awards by 500%, to $50,000. |
Oppose |
Senate Consumer Protection and Housing
|
SB 5816
Sen. Kline (D) |
Expands the wrongful death statute and allows more claims to be brought under this statute. |
Oppose |
Senate Judiciary |
SB 5833
Sen. Hargrove (D) |
Requires a certificate of merit when filing a lawsuit against a design professional. |
Support |
Senate Rules |
SB 5892
Sen. Honeyford (R) |
Increases liability for building inspectors.
|
Oppose
|
Senate Rules
Passed out of Consumer Protection and Housing 2/7 |
SB 6382
Sen. Weinstein (D) |
Expands the Consumer Protection Act, including increasing allowable damage awards by 500%, to $50,000. |
Oppose |
Senate Consumer Protection and Housing
Heard in committee 1/31 |
SB 6385
Sen. Weinstein (D) |
Increases construction liability |
Oppose |
House Rules
Passed the Senate 27-20-0-2 |
SB 6401
Sen. Carrell (R) |
Regarding civil liability for the state and local governments for injuries caused by criminal offenders under community supervision. |
Support |
Senate Human Services and Corrections
Heard in committee 1/29 |
SB 6614
Sen. Weinstein (D) |
Allows for the recovery of exemplary damages in civil actions. |
Oppose |
Senate Judiciary
Hearing scheduled for 2/6 at 3:30 p.m. |
SB 6622
Sen. Franklin (D) |
Creates a new cause of action for workplace bullying and allows for unlimited punitive damages.
|
Oppose |
Senate Labor, Commerce and Research and Development
Heard in committee 1/22 |
SB 6696
Sen. Fairley |
Expands the wrongful death statute by increasing the damages available and the claimants who can file under the statute. |
Oppose |
Senate Ways and Means
Passed out of Senate Government Operations and Elections 2/7 |
SB 6782
Sen. Kline (D) |
Makes it easier to establish and collect damages on a claim of discrimination by making demonstration of an “impermissible motive” only one of the factors that must be shown. |
Oppose |
Senate Judiciary
Heard in committee 2/1 |
SB 6833
Sen. Kline (D) |
Allows a cause of action to be brought by a citizen against any person who is alleged to have violated an environmental or public health standard. |
Oppose |
Senate Water, Energy and Telecommunications |
SB 6840
Sen. Weinstein (D) |
Expands the Consumer Protection Act by allowing county prosecutors and city attorneys to file lawsuits under the act |
Oppose |
Senate Consumer Protection and Housing
Heard in committee 2/1 |
