Key Votes
HB 4046 - Pharmaceutical Company Liability - Key Vote
Michigan Key Votes
Stages
- Feb. 27, 2007 Senate Bill Sent To Committee
- Feb. 22, 2007 House Bill Passed
- Jan. 22, 2007 Introduced
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Issues
Stage Details
Legislation - Bill Sent To Committee (Senate) - Feb. 27, 2007
Title: Pharmaceutical Company Liability
Legislation - Bill Passed (House) (58-49) - Feb. 22, 2007 (Key vote)
Title: Pharmaceutical Company Liability
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to pass a bill which adds pharmaceutical products to the Michigan Consumer Protection Act, allowing consumers to file product liability lawsuits against pharmaceutical companies.
Highlights:
- Defines legal pharmaceutical products as “goods" [sec. 2 (c)].
- Includes prescription drugs, over-the-counter medications, herbal products, dietary supplements and botanical extracts [sec. 3 (1)(ll)].
-Makes pharmaceutical companies liable for any failure to disclose risks associated with specific products. [sec. 3. (1)(ll)].
Legislation - Introduced (House) - Jan. 22, 2007
Title: Pharmaceutical Company Liability
Sponsors
- Mary Valentine (MI - D) (Out Of Office)
Co-sponsors
- Kathy Angerer (MI - D) (Out Of Office)
- Joan Bauer (MI - D) (Out Of Office)
- Douglas A. 'Doug' Bennett (MI - D) (Out Of Office)
- Terry L. Brown (MI - D) (Out Of Office)
- Pamela 'Pam' Byrnes (MI - D) (Out Of Office)
- Barbara 'Barb' Byrum (MI - D) (Out Of Office)
- Paul F. Condino (MI - D) (Out Of Office)
- Marc R. Corriveau (MI - D) (Out Of Office)
- Robert Dean (MI - D) (Out Of Office)
- Marie Donigan (MI - D) (Out Of Office)
- Matthew O. 'Matt' Gillard (MI - D) (Out Of Office)
- Richard E. Hammel (MI - D) (Out Of Office)
- Ted Hammon (MI - D) (Out Of Office)
- Morris W. Hood III (MI - D) (Out Of Office)
- Hoon-Yung Hopgood (MI - D) (Out Of Office)
- Michael A. Lahti (MI - D) (Out Of Office)
- Kathleen Law (MI - D) (Out Of Office)
- LaMar Lemmons Jr. (MI - D) (Out Of Office)
- Steven W. 'Steve' Lindberg (MI - D) (Out Of Office)
- Gary McDowell (MI - D) (Out Of Office)
- Mark S. Meadows (MI - D) (Out Of Office)
- Tim Melton (MI - D) (Out Of Office)
- Mike Simpson (MI - D) (Out Of Office)
- Alma Wheeler Smith (MI - D) (Out Of Office)
- Dudley Spade (MI - D) (Out Of Office)
- Steven H. Tobocman (MI - D) (Out Of Office)
- Aldo Vagnozzi (MI - D) (Out Of Office)
- Coleman A. Young II (MI - D) (Out Of Office)
