Senate Introduced Bill
Introduced bills appear as they were introduced and reflect no subsequent amendments or changes
Senate Bill 344 of 1995 (Public Act 249 of 1995)
Sponsors
- Joel Gougeon (District 34)
- Dale Shugars (District 21)
- Jon Cisky (District 33)
- Joanne Emmons (District 23)
- Walter North (District 37)
- John Schwarz (District 24)
- Douglas Carl (District 12)
- George McManus Jr. (District 36)
- Glenn Steil (District 30)
- R. Geake (District 9)
- Mike Rogers (District 26)
- Leon Stille (District 32)
- Harry Gast (District 20)
- Bill Schuette (District 35)
- Loren Bennett (District 8)
Categories
Torts: product liability; Civil procedure: evidence; Civil procedure: defenses; Civil procedure: venue
Torts; product liability; venue, definitions, presumptions, damages, etc.; amend and add provisions applicable to product liability and other torts.
Amends secs. 1629, 1641, 2945, 2946, 2947, 2948, 2957 & 6304 of Act 236 of 1961 (MCL 600.1629 et seq.); adds secs. 2946a, 2949a, 2955, 2955a, 2962, & 6312 & repeals sec. 2949 of Act 236 of 1961 (MCL 600.2949).
Documents
A SUBSET of documents (including the bill as introduced, the enrolled version if passed, and analyses/summaries)
are available for sessions prior to 1997 and are provided by the Library of Michigan.
Analysis
Senate Fiscal Agency Analysis
History
(House actions in lowercase, Senate actions in UPPERCASE)Note: A page number of 1 indicates that the page number is coming soon
| Date | Journal | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2/28/1995 | SJ 15 Pg. 284 | REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON ECON. DEVELOPMENT, INTL. TRADE AND REG. AFFAIRS |
| 5/10/1995 | SJ 40 Pg. 887 | REPORTED FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE (S-4) |
| 5/10/1995 | SJ 40 Pg. 854 | REFERRED TO GENERAL ORDERS |
| 5/10/1995 | SJ 40 Pg. 862 | AMENDED |
| 5/10/1995 | SJ 40 Pg. 862 | REPORTED BY COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE (S-4) AND AMENDMENT(S) |
| 5/10/1995 | SJ 40 Pg. 862 | SUBSTITUTE (S-4) AND AMENDMENT(S) CONCURRED IN |
| 5/10/1995 | SJ 40 Pg. 862 | PLACED ON ORDER OF THIRD READING WITH SUBSTITUTE (S-4) AND AMENDMENT(S) |
| 5/10/1995 | SJ 40 Pg. 863 | PLACED ON IMMEDIATE PASSAGE |
| 5/10/1995 | SJ 40 Pg. 863 | AMENDMENT(S) DEFEATED |
| 5/10/1995 | SJ 40 Pg. 863 | PASSED : |
| 1/01/1959 | 0 Pg. 0 | ROLL CALL # 0204 YEAS 22 NAYS 14 EXC 02 NOT VOTING 00 |
| 5/10/1995 | HJ 41 Pg. 1235 | referred to Committee on Commerce |
| 5/31/1995 | HJ 50 Pg. 1576 | adverse roll call |
| 6/07/1995 | HJ 53 Pg. 1740 | reported with recommendation with substitute (H-6) |
| 6/07/1995 | HJ 53 Pg. 1740 | referred to second reading |
| 10/18/1995 | HJ 74 Pg. 2413 | substitute (H-6) adopted |
| 10/18/1995 | HJ 74 Pg. 2413 | vote reconsidered |
| 10/18/1995 | HJ 74 Pg. 2413 | substitute (H-6) defeated |
| 10/18/1995 | HJ 74 Pg. 2413 | substitute (H-7) amended and adopted |
| 10/18/1995 | HJ 74 Pg. 2413 | placed on third reading |
| 10/18/1995 | HJ 74 Pg. 2413 | placed on immediate passage |
| 10/18/1995 | HJ 74 Pg. 2413 | amended |
| 10/18/1995 | HJ 74 Pg. 2413 | passed : \ |
| 1/01/1959 | 0 Pg. 0 | Roll Call # 0928 Yeas 059 Nays 048 |
| 10/18/1995 | HJ 74 Pg. 2413 | returned to Senate |
| 11/28/1995 | SJ 83 Pg. 2092 | AMENDMENT(S) DEFEATED |
| 11/28/1995 | SJ 83 Pg. 2092 | AMENDED |
| 11/28/1995 | SJ 83 Pg. 2092 | HOUSE SUBSTITUTE (H-7) CONCURRED IN AS AMENDED |
| 11/28/1995 | SJ 83 Pg. 2092 | ROLL CALL: : \ |
| 1/01/1959 | 0 Pg. 0 | ROLL CALL # 0652 YEAS 21 NAYS 15 EXC 02 NOT VOTING 00 |
| 11/28/1995 | SJ 83 Pg. 2092 | IMMEDIATE EFFECT DEFEATED |
| 11/30/1995 | SJ 85 Pg. 2131 | SENATE REQUESTS RETURN |
| 11/30/1995 | HJ 87 Pg. 2896 | request granted |
| 11/30/1995 | SJ 85 Pg. 2143 | VOTE RECONSIDERED |
| 11/30/1995 | SJ 85 Pg. 2143 | HOUSE SUBSTITUTE (H-7) NONCONCURRED IN |
| 11/30/1995 | SJ 85 Pg. 2143 | ROLL CALL: : \ |
| 1/01/1959 | 0 Pg. 0 | ROLL CALL # 0673 YEAS 00 NAYS 35 EXC 02 NOT VOTING 01 |
| 11/30/1995 | SJ 85 Pg. 2149 | SENATE NAMED CONFEREES: SENS. Joel Gougeon, Bill Schuette, Gary Peters |
| 11/30/1995 | HJ 87 Pg. 2970 | House conferees named: Reps. Gary Randall, Michael Nye, Laura Baird |
| 12/05/1995 | SJ 86 Pg. 2171 | REFERRED TO CONFERENCE COMMITTEE 12/04/95 |
| 12/05/1995 | SJ 86 Pg. 2194 | SENATE ADOPTED CONFERENCE REPORT : \ |
| 1/01/1959 | 0 Pg. 0 | ROLL CALL # 0688 YEAS 22 NAYS 15 EXC 01 NOT VOTING 00 |
| 12/06/1995 | HJ 89 Pg. 3051 | conference report adopted by House : \ |
| 1/01/1959 | 0 Pg. 0 | Roll Call # 1264 Yeas 057 Nays 052 |
| 12/06/1995 | HJ 89 Pg. 3051 | re-returned to Senate |
| 12/06/1995 | SJ 87 Pg. 2237 | ORDERED ENROLLED |
| 12/28/1995 | SJ 92 Pg. 2446 | PRESENTED TO THE GOVERNOR |
| 1/01/1959 | 0 Pg. 0 | TIME: 09:46AM DATE: 12/19/95 |
| 12/29/1995 | SJ 93 Pg. 0 | APPROVED BY THE GOVERNOR |
| 1/01/1959 | 0 Pg. 0 | TIME: 12:19PM DATE: 12/25/95 1995 ADDENDA |
| 12/29/1995 | SJ 93 Pg. 0 | FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE |
| 1/01/1959 | 0 Pg. 0 | TIME: 09:10AM DATE: 01/02/96 |
| 12/29/1995 | SJ 93 Pg. 0 | ASSIGNED PA 0249'95 |