Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Judiciary Committee on March 19, 2010. The 2010 session has ended.
2010 Regular Session
Senate Bill 481
AN ACT CONCERNING SEAT SAFETY BELT EVIDENCE AND MEDICAL EXAMINATIONS IN PERSONAL INJURY ACTIONS.
What it does
The synopsis the General Assembly published with the bill.
To: (1) Permit the introduction of evidence of whether an occupant was wearing a seat safety belt at the time of personal injury in an action to recovery damages for the purpose of determining the cause of injury or as a mitigating circumstance, and (2) require a plaintiff to comply with a request for an independent medical examination in a personal injury action, except upon a showing of good cause by the plaintiff.
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 16 to March 19, 2010, 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 action2 actions on 2 days
In the SenateMar 16 to Mar 19 · stopped3 days
Judiciary CommitteeMar 16 to Mar 19 · stopped3 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 16 – Mar 19
- Mar 16Introduced and sent to Judiciary Committee
- Mar 19Heard in Judiciary Committee
All 2 actions, as published
- Mar 16REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses
- Mar 19PUBLIC HEARINGBoth houses