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HR 2366 - Small Business Liability Reform bill - Key Vote
Ron Paul voted Nay (Passage) on this legislation.
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Stages
- March 28, 2000 Senate Placed on Calendar
- Feb. 16, 2000 House Bill Passed
- June 25, 1999 House Introduced
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Legislation - Placed on Calendar (Senate) - March 28, 2000
Legislation - Bill Passed (House) - Feb. 16, 2000 (Key vote)
Title: Small Business Liability Reform bill
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to pass a bill that would make significant changes to provisions of tort law relating to small businesses.
Highlight: - Imposes a more rigorous standard of evidence to find small businesses liable for civil infractions - Caps punitive damages awards at $250,000, unless a court finds that the business being sued intentionally caused harm - Defines small business as a business that has fewer than 25 employees - Exempts the following from provisions in the bill: violent crimes, acts of international terrorism, hate crimes, civil rights violations, sexual offenses, certain offenses that harm or destruct natural resources, and crimes committed while under the influence of drugs or alcohol.
Legislation - Introduced (House) - June 25, 1999
Title: Small Business Liability Reform bill
Sponsors
- James E. Rogan (CA - R) (Out Of Office)
Co-sponsors
- Richard Hugh Baker (LA - R) (Out Of Office)
- Richard M. Burr (NC - R) (Out Of Office)
- Chris Cannon (UT - R) (Out Of Office)
- Steven J. 'Steve' Chabot (OH - R)
- Larry Combest (TX - ) (Out Of Office)
- Gary A. Condit (CA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Randall H. 'Duke' Cunningham (CA - R) (Out Of Office)
- Thomas M. 'Tom' Davis III (VA - R) (Out Of Office)
- James W. 'Jim' DeMint (SC - ) (Out Of Office)
- Virgil H. Goode Jr. (VA - R) (Out Of Office)
- Robert W. 'Bob' Goodlatte (VA - R)
- Rick A. Hill (MT - ) (Out Of Office)
- David Lee 'Dave' Hobson (OH - R) (Out Of Office)
- Thomas Timothy 'Tim' Holden (PA - D)
- Jerry Lewis (CA - R)
- Bill McCollum (FL - R) (Out Of Office)
- James P. 'Jim' Moran Jr. (VA - D)
- Suellen W. 'Sue' Myrick (NC - R)
- Anne Meagher Northup (KY - R) (Out Of Office)
- James A. 'Jim' Nussle (IA - R) (Out Of Office)
- Joseph R. 'Joe' Pitts (PA - R)
- Deborah D. Pryce (OH - R) (Out Of Office)
- Jim R. Ryun (KS - R) (Out Of Office)
- Lamar S. Smith (TX - R)
- Robert Lee 'Bob' Stump (AZ - R) (Out Of Office)
- James M. 'Jim' Talent (MO - R) (Out Of Office)
- Tom Gerald Tancredo (CO - R) (Out Of Office)
- David B. Vitter (LA - R) (Out Of Office)
- Wesley 'Wes' Watkins (OK - R) (Out Of Office)
- Julius Caesar 'J.C.' Watts Jr. (OK - R) (Out Of Office)
- David Weldon (FL - R) (Out Of Office)
- Edward 'Ed' Whitfield (KY - R)
