Agenda - Judiciary A

Senate Committee on Judiciary A
May 13, 2025 9:30 A.M. John J. Hainkel, Jr. Room
Adjourned

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CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
	May 7, 2025
LEGISLATION TO BE CONSIDERED
		SB39	MORRIS	LIABILITY - Provides for limitation of liability of public entities for false imprisonment of an offender sentenced to a term of imprisonment. (8/1/25)
		SB150	TALBOT	EVIDENCE - Provides for recoverable medical expenses. (1/1/26)
		SB231	REESE	CIVIL PROCEDURE - Provides for recoverable medical expenses. (1/1/26)
		HB291	GALLE	CIVIL/PROCEDURE - Provides relative to prescriptive periods for wrongful death and survival actions
		HB431	CHENEVERT	LIABILITY/TORTS - Provides relative to modified comparative fault
		HB434	DEWITT	CIVIL/DAMAGES - Provides relative to recovery limitations for failure to maintain compulsory motor vehicle liability security
		HB436	FIRMENT	CIVIL/LAW - Prohibits recovery of certain damages for unauthorized aliens
		HB450	MELERINE	EVIDENCE - Provides relative to evidentiary presumptions in personal injury claims
CONSIDERATION OF ANY OTHER MATTERS THAT MAY COME BEFORE THE COMMITTEE

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