Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Judiciary Committee on January 19, 2005. The 2005 session has ended.
2005 Regular Session
House Bill 5389
AN ACT CONCERNING ATTORNEYS' FEES IN ACTIONS FOR MEDICAL MALPRACTICE.
What it does
The synopsis the General Assembly published with the bill.
To ensure that injured parties receive the greatest amount of money resulting from a settlement or court award for a medical malpractice claim by requiring that the current sliding scale contingency fee structure for attorney's fees be mandatory in actions for medical malpractice and be applied only to the net proceeds after deduction for out-of-pocket costs of the action.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
In the House of Representatives
Sponsor
Its course
January 19 to January 19, 2005, 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 action1 action on 1 day
In the House of RepresentativesJan 19 to Jan 19 · stopped0 days
Judiciary CommitteeJan 19 to Jan 19 · stopped0 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 House of Representatives Jan 19
- Jan 19Introduced and sent to Judiciary Committee
All 1 actions, as published
- Jan 19REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses