Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Judiciary Committee on January 27, 2021. The 2021 session has ended.
2021 Regular Session
Senate Bill 538
AN ACT CONCERNING THE FILING OF CIVIL ACTIONS AGAINST NURSING HOME FACILITIES FOR ALLEGED NEGLIGENCE IN RESPONDING TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC.
What it does
The synopsis the General Assembly published with the bill.
To allow certain victims of negligence that occurred in a nursing home facility, which negligence is related to the operation of the nursing home facility during the COVID-19 pandemic, to bring a civil action against the nursing home facility.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
In the Senate
Sponsor
Gary A. Winfield, Marilyn V. Moore, Mary Daugherty Abrams, Mae Flexer, Julie Kushner
Chief co-sponsors
1 co-sponsor
In the House of Representatives
Sponsor
Quentin Williams, Robyn A. Porter, Maria P. Horn, Susan M. Johnson, Ronald A. Napoli Jr., Gary A. Turco Jr., Anne M. Hughes
Chief co-sponsors
2 co-sponsors
Its course
January 27 to January 27, 2021, 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 SenateJan 27 to Jan 27 · stopped0 days
Judiciary CommitteeJan 27 to Jan 27 · 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 Senate Jan 27
- Jan 27Introduced and sent to Judiciary Committee
All 1 actions, as published
- Jan 27REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses