Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Insurance and Real Estate Committee on March 9, 2017. The 2017 session has ended.
2017 Regular Session
Senate Bill 882
AN ACT EXPANDING REMEDIES AND POTENTIAL LIABILITY FOR UNREASONABLY CONTESTED OR DELAYED WORKERS' COMPENSATION CLAIMS.
What it does
The synopsis the General Assembly published with the bill.
To allow individuals seeking compensation for a workers' compensation claim to bring an action against an employer, insurer or third-party administrator that has unreasonably contested liability or delayed payments or adjustments of such compensation.
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
February 22 to March 9, 2017, 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 SenateFeb 22 to Mar 9 · stopped15 days
Insurance and Real Estate CommitteeFeb 22 to Mar 9 · stopped15 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 Feb 22 – Feb 24
- Feb 22Introduced and sent to Insurance and Real Estate Committee
- Feb 24Heard in Insurance and Real Estate Committee
All 3 actions, as published
- Feb 22REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses
- Feb 24PUBLIC HEARINGBoth houses
- Mar 9Vote to Hold until next meetingBoth houses