BILL · 2007–08 SESSION
SB 5804: Asbestos liability
Creating provisions relating to asbestos liability.
Summary
- A corporation that assumed or incurred asbestos-related liabilities due to a merger or consolidation with a predecessor corporation on or before January 1, 1972, has limited asbestos-related liabilities.
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Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
- IntroducedFeb 1, 2007
- Out of committeestopped here
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- Governor
- Law
- Prime sponsor
- Margarita Prentice (D-11)
- Introduced
- February 1, 2007 in the Senate
- Last action
- January 14, 2008
- Companion bill
- HB 1302
- Budget
- Has a fiscal note
AN ACT Relating to limitations on asbestos-related liabilities relating to certain mergers or consolidations occurring before 1972;
Sponsors
Prime sponsor: Margarita Prentice (D-11)
9 co-sponsors (5 Democrats, 4 Republicans)
Votes
No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.
History
- By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- First reading, referred to Judiciary.
SB 5804 in other sessions
Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.
- SB 5804 (2025–26) Fish habitat restoration
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- SB 5804 (2021–22) Gain-of-function research
- SB 5804 (2019–20) Ag., food, nat. resource ed.
- SB 5804 (2017–18) Animal abuse registry
- SB 5804 (2015–16) State energy code, adoption
- SB 5804 (2013–14) Federal receipts reporting
- SB 5804 (2011–12) Human remains disposition