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There are 42 bill(s) regarding Actions, Suits and Liens

Bill Title Status Committee Step Last Action
SB 54 Relating to rate of interest allowed for prejudgment and post-judgment interest Pending  Senate Judiciary Committee  02/08/17 
SB 55 Allowing admission of use or nonuse of safety belt in civil actions for damages Pending  Senate Judiciary Committee  02/08/17 
SB 81 Increasing wages of judgment debtor that may be exempt from execution by judgment creditor Pending  Senate Government Organization Committee  02/08/17 
SB 197 Excluding certain medical care amounts from compensatory damage awards Pending  Senate Judiciary Committee  02/08/17 
SB 236 Relating to damages for medical monitoring Pending  House Judiciary Committee  03/08/17 
SB 249 Relating to information required in abstract of judgment Pending  House Judiciary Committee  02/22/17 
SB 261 Relating to increasing salary or wages of judgment debtor Signed  Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (July 2, 2017)
SB 287 Relating generally to damages for medical monitoring Pending  Senate Judiciary Committee  02/14/17 
SB 338 Relating to medical professional liability Signed  Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 29, 2017)
SB 340 Creating offer of settlement Pending  Senate Judiciary Committee  02/17/17 
SB 342 Providing compensation to victims of abusive lawsuits Pending  Senate Judiciary Committee  02/17/17 
SB 397 Granting immunity to health care providers Pending  Senate Judiciary Committee  02/22/17 
SB 450 Relating to class action safeguards Pending  Senate Judiciary Committee  02/27/17 
SB 451 Relating to venue in WV courts as applies to nonresidents Pending  Senate Judiciary Committee  02/27/17 
SB 465 Relating to medical professional liability Pending  House Judiciary Committee  03/30/17 
SB 489 Relating to commencement of civil actions in magistrate court Pending  Senate Judiciary Committee  03/01/17 
SB 497 Relating to liability for health care providers who provide services at school athletic events Signed  Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 29, 2017)
SB 560 Creating medical malpractice peer review panel by Board of Medicine Pending  Senate Judiciary Committee  03/27/17 
SB 562 Relating to civil actions for damages brought against county commissions and municipalities Pending  House Judiciary Committee  03/30/17 
SB 575 Relating generally to shooting ranges Signed  Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (July 3, 2017)
SB 594 Eliminating tax lien waiver requirement for estates of nonresidents Pending  Senate Finance Committee  03/13/17 
SB 616 Limiting recoverable damages when patient transferred from one health care facility to another Pending  Senate Judiciary Committee  03/15/17 
SB 622 Relating generally to tax procedures and administration Vetoed  Vetoed
SB 649 Requiring presuit mediation for civil actions filed in court Pending  Senate Judiciary Committee  03/18/17 
SB 668 Defining crime of filing fraudulent claim against doctor Pending  Senate Judiciary Committee  03/18/17 
HB 2531 Allowing military personnel and reservists the additional five-year period to enter upon or recover land already allowed to infants and the insane Pending  House Veterans' Affairs and Homeland Security Committee  02/17/17 
HB 2539 Permitting a housing authority to garnish delinquent rents and other amounts owed to the authority from the renter’s income tax refund Pending  House Judiciary Committee  02/17/17 
HB 2580 Relating to damages for medical monitoring Pending  House Judiciary Committee  02/21/17 
HB 2581 Relating to admissibility of certain evidence in a civil action for damages Pending  House Judiciary Committee  02/21/17 
HB 2634 Prohibiting a court from giving a jury an instruction commonly known as the “Allen Charge” to break a deadlock Pending  House Judiciary Committee  02/21/17 
HB 2647 Preventing compensatory damage awards for medical expenses from including sums that the claimant has not and will not pay Pending  House Judiciary Committee  02/22/17 
HB 2678 Changing the amounts of prejudgment and post-judgment interest to reflect today's economic conditions Signed  Effective January 1, 2018
HB 2682 Relating to Medical Professional Liability Pending  House Health and Human Resources Committee  02/23/17 
HB 2737 Eliminating certain fees generated by suggestee executions Pending  House Finance Committee  02/28/17 
HB 2828 Changing the number of strikes in jury selection in felony cases Rejected      03/21/17 
HB 2939 Relating to the sale of items in the State Police Academy post exchange to the public Signed  Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (July 4, 2017)
HB 2980 Relating to civil lawsuit filing fees for multiple defendant civil action Signed  Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (July 7, 2017)
HB 3003 Allocating disability or death benefits resulting from an occupational pneumoconiosis claim among the claimant’s employers on a proportional basis Pending  House Judiciary Committee  03/14/17 
HB 3017 Providing that a person when being attacked in a place that is not his or her home should retreat instead of using deadly force Pending  House Judiciary Committee  03/14/17 
HB 3024 Limiting recoverable damages when a patient has been transferred from health care facility to another health care facility Pending  House Judiciary Committee  03/14/17 
HB 3030 Relating to appeals as a matter of right in the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals Pending    RECD  04/08/17 
HB 3097 Codifying the application of the compelling interest test and strict scrutiny standard involving rights enumerated under the First Amendment Pending  House Judiciary Committee  03/14/17