House Bill #5478 (2019)
AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- PROCEDURE GENERALLY
Provides that an open and obvious danger or defect is not a complete bar to recovery of damages in personal injury or property damage actions.
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2019-02-14: Introduced, referred to House Judiciary
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2019-03-04: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/06/2019)
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2019-03-06: Committee recommended measure be held for further study
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2019-05-31: Proposed Substitute
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2019-05-31: Scheduled for consideration (06/04/2019)
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2019-06-04: Committee recommends passage of Sub A
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2019-06-10: Placed on House Calendar (06/13/2019)
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2019-06-13: House passed Sub A
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2019-06-18: Referred to Senate Judiciary
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2019-06-18: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/20/2019)
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2019-06-20: Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence
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2019-06-27: Placed on Senate Calendar (06/28/2019)
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2019-06-28: Senate passed Sub A in concurrence
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2019-07-11: Transmitted to Governor
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2019-07-15: Signed by Governor
Changes since original draft
2019 – H 5478- 2019 – H 5478 SUBSTITUTE A
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LC001525- LC001525/SUB A
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S T A T E O F R H O D E I S L A N D- S T A T E O F R H O D E I S L A N D
- IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY
- JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2019
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- A N A C T
- RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE – PROCEDURE GENERALLY
- Introduced By: Representatives Craven, Millea, and McEntee
- Date Introduced: February 14, 2019
- Referred To: House Judiciary
- It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:
- SECTION 1. Section 9-20-4 of the General Laws in Chapter 9-20 entitled "Decisions, Special Findings and Assessment of Damages" is hereby amended to read as follows:
- 9-20-4. Comparative negligence.
- In all actions hereafter brought for personal injuries, or where personal injuries have resulted in death, or for injury to property, the fact that the person injured, or the owner of the property or person having control over the property, may not have been in the exercise of due care or the fact that the danger or defect was open and obvious shall not bar a recovery, but damages shall be diminished by the finder of fact in proportion to the amount of negligence attributable to the person injured, or the owner of the property or the person having control over the property.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.- SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage; however, the "open and obvious" amendment shall only apply to personal injuries or personal injuries that have resulted in death or injury to property that occur after the passage of the act.
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LC001525- LC001525/SUB A
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EXPLANATION- EXPLANATION
- BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
OF A N A C T- OF
- A N A C T
- RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE – PROCEDURE GENERALLY
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- This act would provide that an open and obvious danger or defect is not a complete bar to recovery of damages in personal injury or property damage actions.
This act would take effect upon passage. ======== LC001525 ========- This act would take effect upon passage, however the open and obvious amendment shall only apply to personal injuries or personal injuries that have resulted in death or injury to property that occur after the passage of the act. ======== LC001525/SUB A ========
Votes
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House or Senate Journal from the day of the vote.
June 13, 2019 at 5:24pm
Yeas: 69 /
Nays: 0 /
Not voting: 6 /
Recused: 0
Floor vote for Passage
In Concurrence
June 28, 2019 at 7:45pm
Yeas: 30 /
Nays: 3 /
Not voting: 5 /
Recused: 0