New York Assembly Bill 2140 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 8-0)
Status: Introduced on January 22 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-07-17 - held for consideration in codes
Pending: Assembly Codes Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Requires a certificate of merit in actions for damages, contribution or indemnity arising out of alleged negligence of a professional licensed pursuant to the education law; establishes a party in an action for medical, dental or podiatric malpractice may not omit the name of certain experts in responding to a request; limits judgments for past and future damages in an action to recover damages for dental, medical or podiatric malpractice; limits compensation for noneconomic damages suffered by an injured plaintiff in any personal injury action to $250,000.

Requires a certificate of merit in actions for damages, contribution or indemnity arising out of alleged negligence of a professional licensed pursuant to the education law; establishes a party in an action for medical, dental or podiatric malpractice may not omit the name of certain experts in responding to a request; limits judgments for past and future damages in an action to recover damages for dental, medical or podiatric malpractice; limits compensation for noneconomic damages suffered by an injured plaintiff in any personal injury action to $250,000.

Asm. Stephen Hawley [R]	Asm. David McDonough [R]	Asm. Clifford Crouch [R]	Asm. Brian Kolb [R]
Asm. Gary Finch [R]	Asm. John Salka [R]	Asm. Peter Lawrence [R]	Asm. Joseph Giglio [R]

2020-07-17 - Assembly - Assembly Codes Committee: Held for Consideration (Y: 15 N: 6 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-07-17	Assembly	held for consideration in codes
2020-01-08	Assembly	referred to codes
2019-01-22	Assembly	referred to codes

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/A2140
Text	https://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=A02140&term=2019&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Text=Y&Committee%26nbspVotes=Y&Floor%26nbspVotes=Y#A02140
Roll Call	https://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=A02140&term=2019&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Text=Y&Committee%26nbspVotes=Y&Floor%26nbspVotes=Y#AC1