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CS/CS/CS/SB 974: Sovereign Immunity

GENERAL BILL by Rules ; Community Affairs ; Judiciary ; Gruters

Sovereign Immunity; Increasing the statutory limits on liability for tort claims against the state and its agencies and subdivisions; revising authorizations relating to settlements of claims made or judgments rendered in excess of the sovereign immunity limits; revising exceptions relating to instituting actions on claims against the state or one of its agencies and to the statute of limitations for such claims, etc.

Effective Date: 10/1/2022
Last Action: 3/14/2022 Senate - Died in Appropriations
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Judiciary (JU)
  2. Community Affairs (CA)
  3. Rules (RC)
  4. Appropriations (AP)



Bill History

Date Chamber Action
11/18/2021 Senate • Filed
12/13/2021 Senate • Referred to Judiciary; Community Affairs; Appropriations -SJ 65
1/11/2022 Senate • Introduced -SJ 65
1/26/2022 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 01/31/22, 3:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
1/31/2022 Senate • CS by Judiciary; YEAS 10 NAYS 0 -SJ 243
2/2/2022 Senate • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
• Now in Community Affairs
• CS by Judiciary read 1st time -SJ 247
2/3/2022 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Community Affairs, 02/08/22, 3:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
2/8/2022 Senate • CS/CS by Community Affairs; YEAS 6 NAYS 3 -SJ 364
2/10/2022 Senate • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
• CS/CS by Community Affairs read 1st time -SJ 365
2/11/2022 Senate • Remaining references corrected to Rules; Appropriations -SJ 382
• Now in Rules
2/18/2022 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Rules, 02/23/22, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
2/23/2022 Senate • CS/CS/CS by Rules; YEAS 16 NAYS 1 -SJ 454
2/24/2022 Senate • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
• Now in Appropriations
2/28/2022 Senate • CS/CS/CS by Rules read 1st time -SJ 456
3/12/2022 Senate • Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
3/14/2022 Senate • Died in Appropriations