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HB 3579: Crime Victim's Protection Act

GENERAL BILL by Crist ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Futch ; Ball ; Lynn ; Trovillion ; Bainter ; Flanagan ; Putnam ; Harrington ; Villalobos ; Morse ; Wallace ; Byrd ; King ; Murman ; Littlefield ; Argenziano ; Bloom ; Fasano ; Melvin ; Crady ; Kelly ; Jones ; Jacobs ; Cosgrove ; Garcia ; Rodriguez-Chomat

Crime Victim's Protection Act; creates said act; bars recovery of damages for personal injury or injury to property in cases when claimant has incurred damages while engaged in certain criminal conduct & seeks recovery from person or other entity that was victim or object of claimant's criminal conduct; provides for court to stay civil action during pendency of criminal action which forms basis for defense; provides applicability, etc. Creates 960.298.

Effective Date: Upon becoming law
Last Action: 5/1/1998 House - Died, reference deferred
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF



Bill History

Date Chamber Action
2/5/1998 House • Prefiled
3/3/1998 House • Introduced -HJ 00044
5/1/1998 House • Died, reference deferred