BILL · 1997–98 SESSION
HB 2590: Actions against state
Clarifying grounds for actions against state officers, employees, volunteers, and foster parents.
Summary
- A state employee may request that the state defend him or her in an action for damages, and the attorney general must grant the request if the employee = s acts or omissions were within the employee = s official duties, were in good faith, and without negligence.
From the House Bill Analysis (HB 2590), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗
Did not pass Did not pass · stalled on the House floor
- IntroducedJan 15, 1998
- Out of committeestopped here
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- Governor
- Law
- Prime sponsor
- Tom Mielke (R-18)
- Introduced
- January 15, 1998 in the House
- Last action
- February 24, 1998
Sponsors
Prime sponsor: Tom Mielke (R-18)
3 co-sponsors (0 Democrats, 3 Republicans)
Votes
No recorded floor votes.
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 2590 in other sessions
Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.
- HB 2590 (2025–26) Limited equity cooperatives
- HB 2590 (2019–20) Unlawful possession, firearm
- HB 2590 (2017–18) Trnstnl bilingual instr prg
- HB 2590 (2015–16) County road admin. & maint.
- HB 2590 (2013–14) Sellers of travel
- HB 2590 (2011–12) Pollution liability agency
- HB 2590 (2009–10) System benefits chrg/energy
- HB 2590 (2007–08) Forest land conservation