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Assembly Bills |
AB 121 Support
Suder
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Expert Opinion Evidence
Summary: Establishes standards for experts and expert testimony.
Status: Introduced Feb. 22; Referred to Corrections and Courts; |
AB 53 Support
Gielow
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Condolence as Evidence of
Liability
Summary: Expression of condolence by health care provider is not
admissible as evidence of liability in civil action against provider.
Status: Introduced Jan. 30; Referred to Judiciary and Ethics; |
AB 38
Monitor
Owens
History |
Driver Distraction and Liability
Summary: Requires DOT to report whether a cell phone was being used by a
driver at the time of an accident. This bill also creates a new traffic offense.
If a driver is primarily at fault for causing an accident and use of a cell
phone contributed to causing the accident, the person is subject to various
penalties and may be required to pay restitution for any loss suffered because
of the accident. The bill creates a rebuttable presumption that using a cell
phone at the time of an accident contributed to the accident.
Status: Introduced Jan. 30, 2007;
Referred to Transportation; |
AB 14
Monitor
Schneider
History |
Admissibility of Digitally
Produced Media
Summary: Allows the introduction of digital photograph, film, motion
picture, audio, or video for purposes of proving content only if that content
has not been altered and is in a format that includes bits representing a
watermark scattered within the file in such a way that they cannot be identified
or manipulated and that shows that the digital representation has not be altered
from its original representation..
Status: Introduced Jan. 12, 2007;
Referred to Judiciary and Ethics; |
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Senate Bills |
SB 59
Kanavas
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Product Liability
Summary: Establishes the criteria to determine if a product manufacturer,
distributor, or seller is liable to a person injured by the manufactured product
based on a claim of strict liability.
Summary:
Status:
Introduced Feb. 21, 2007; Referred to Judiciary and Corrections; |
