l9n/ Connecticut

2014 Regular Session

House Bill 5570

AN ACT CONCERNING THE APPLICABILITY OF THE STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS TO CONSTRUCTION AND DESIGN ACTIONS BROUGHT BY THE STATE OR A POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OF THE STATE.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives on April 16, 2014. The 2014 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the General Assembly published with the bill.

To address the holding in State of Connecticut v. Lombardo Brothers Mason Contractors, Inc., et al. by abrogating the common law doctrine of nullum tempus occurrit regi (no time runs against the king) in specific tort, product liability and contract actions for the purpose of extending the statutes of limitations for bringing a claim in those actions to the state and any political subdivision of the state.

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

1 co-sponsor

Rob Sampson

Its course

March 12 to April 16, 2014, 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 action9 actions on 5 days

In the House of RepresentativesMar 12 to Apr 16 · stopped35 days

Judiciary CommitteeMar 12 to Apr 221 days

Text

Each version as the General Assembly printed it.

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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 Mar 12 – Apr 2

  1. Introduced and sent to Judiciary Committee
  2. Heard in Judiciary Committee
  3. Judiciary Committee recommended a substitute for it
All 9 actions, as published