Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Judiciary Committee on March 25, 2002. The 2002 session has ended.
2002 Regular Session
Senate Bill 603
AN ACT CONCERNING GOOD SAMARITAN IMMUNITY FOR PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS, AFFIDAVITS FOR MALPRACTICE CLAIMS AGAINST DESIGN PROFESSIONALS AND THE STANDARD OF CARE OWED TO EMERGENCY PERSONNEL.
What it does
The synopsis the General Assembly published with the bill.
To provide "Good Samaritan" immunity from liability for professional engineers who provide voluntary engineering services in times of declared emergencies, disasters or other catastrophic events, to require affidavits of experts to accompany complaints filed in civil actions for malpractice against design professionals, to make the "firefighter's rule" applicable to ambulance drivers, emergency medical technicians and paramedics and to provide that an owner or occupier of land may be liable for injuries suffered by emergency personnel when such injuries result from a cause other than a defect in the premises.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
In the Senate
Sponsor
Its course
March 12 to March 25, 2002, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.
Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.
Every action3 actions on 3 days
In the SenateMar 12 to Mar 25 · stopped13 days
Judiciary CommitteeMar 12 to Mar 25 · stopped13 days
Text
Each version as the General Assembly printed it.
l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.
What happened
In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the General Assembly published it is below.
In the Senate Mar 12 – Mar 25
- Mar 12Introduced and sent to Judiciary Committee
- Mar 15Heard in Judiciary Committee
- Mar 25Judiciary Committee took no action on it
All 3 actions, as published
- Mar 12REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses
- Mar 15PUBLIC HEARINGBoth houses
- Mar 25No ActionBoth houses