BILL · 1995–96 SESSION
HB 1748: Attorneys' contingency fees
Concerning an attorneys' contingency fee scale.
Summary
- Places limitations on the contingency fees which may be charged in any action seeking damages for personal injury or property damage. Authorizes an application to a court for additional compensation due to extraordinary circumstances.
From the Bill Digest (HB 1748), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗
Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
- IntroducedFeb 7, 1995
- Out of committeestopped here
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- Governor
- Law
- Prime sponsor
- Tom Huff (R-26)
- Introduced
- February 7, 1995 in the House
- Last action
- January 8, 1996
Sponsors
Prime sponsor: Tom Huff (R-26)
6 co-sponsors (2 Democrats, 4 Republicans)
Votes
No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.
History
The Legislature's online data doesn't include step-by-step history for sessions before 2001. Its final status is shown above, and the official bill page may have more.
HB 1748 in other sessions
Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.
- HB 1748 (2025–26) Insurance & credit study
- HB 1748 (2023–24) Small rural hospital payment
- HB 1748 (2021–22) Human trafficking/ABD prog.
- HB 1748 (2019–20) Hospital safety net assess.
- HB 1748 (2017–18) Affordable rural housing
- HB 1748 (2015–16) Motorcycle helmet use
- HB 1748 (2013–14) Dairy products B&O taxation
- HB 1748 (2011–12) Manuf. housing communities