LouisianaLIABILITY/TORTS: Provides relative to modified comparative fault
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- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
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History
- 2025
- May 28Signed by the President of the Senate.Latest
- May 28Sent to the Governor for executive approval.To Governor
- May 28Signed by the Governor Jeff Landry. Becomes Act No. 15.Became Law
- May 28Effective date: 01/01/2026.
- May 27Read by title, roll called, yeas 75, nays 22, Senate amendments concurred in.
- Vote recorded CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#623). Result: pass.Lower
- May 27Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.Minor
- May 22Received from the Senate with amendments.Minor
- May 22Scheduled for concurrence on 05/27/2025.
- May 21Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 28 yeas and 9 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.Passed Senate
- Vote recorded AMENDMENT # 2114 BY LUNEAU, HB 431 BY CHENEVERT (#344). Result: fail.Upper
- Vote recorded FINAL PASSAGE (#345). Result: pass.Upper
- May 20Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.Minor
- May 19Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- May 14Reported with amendments.Minor
- Apr 30Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary A.Minor
- Apr 29Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.Minor
- Apr 28Called from the calendar.
- Vote recorded FINAL PASSAGE (#42). Result: pass.Lower
- Apr 28Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 67, nays 26. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.Passed House
- Apr 24Read by title, returned to the calendar.
- Apr 24Notice given.
- Apr 24Scheduled for floor debate on 04/28/2025.
- Apr 23Scheduled for floor debate on 04/24/2025.
- Apr 16Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.Minor
- Apr 15Reported with amendments (11-4-1).Minor
- Apr 14Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.Minor
- Apr 4Prefiled.Minor
- Apr 4Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.Introduced