Senate Committee on Judiciary A
April 25, 2024
10:00 AM
John J. Hainkel, Jr. Room
Adjourned
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CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
April 23, 2024
LEGISLATION TO BE CONSIDERED
SB84
SEABAUGH
CIVIL PROCEDURE
- Provides for motion for judgment on offer of judgment. (8/1/24)
SB244
TALBOT
EVIDENCE
- Provides for admissibility of evidence for payment of medical expenses or losses from personal injury or property damage. (8/1/24)
SB334
TALBOT
PRESCRIPTION
- Provides relative to certain prescriptive periods for delictual actions. (8/1/24)
HB24
MELERINE
EVIDENCE
- Provides relative to evidentiary presumptions in personal injury claims
HB315
MIKE JOHNSON
PRESCRIPTION
- Extends prescription on tort actions
HB336
CHENEVERT
CONTRACTS
- Creates the Litigation Financing Disclosure Act
HB423
MELERINE
CIVIL/PROCEDURE
- Provides for payment of recoverable medical expenses from collateral sources
CONSIDERATION OF ANY OTHER MATTERS THAT MAY COME BEFORE THE COMMITTEE
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