SC S0087 | 2023-2024 | 125th General Assembly
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 10 2023 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-04-30 - Recommitted to Committee on Judiciary
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]
Status: Introduced on January 10 2023 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-04-30 - Recommitted to Committee on Judiciary
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]
Summary
Amend Section 15-78-120 Of The South Carolina Code Of Laws, Relating To Limitations On Liability, So As To Increase The Limits From A Loss To One Person Arising From A Single Occurrence From Three Hundred Thousand Dollars To Five Hundred Thousand Dollars, To Increase The Total Limits From A Loss Arising Out Of A Single Occurrence From Six Hundred Thousand Dollars To One Million Dollars, And To Provide That A Party Who Files An Offer Of Judgment That Is Not Accepted, Shall Be Allowed To Recover From The Offeree, As Provided For In Section 15-35-400(b), Regardless Of Whether The Total Of Administrative, Filing, Or Other Court Costs, And Eight Percent Interest On The Amount Of The Verdict Or Award From The Date Of The Offer, Combined With The Verdict Or Award, Exceeds The Liability Limits Specified In This Section.
Title
Liability limitations
Sponsors
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-04-30 | Senate | Recommitted to Committee on Judiciary |
| 2024-03-27 | Senate | Committee report: Favorable with amendment Judiciary |
| 2023-07-27 | Scrivener's error corrected | |
| 2023-03-14 | Senate | Referred to Subcommittee: Malloy (ch), Hutto, Campsen, Matthews, Talley, Garrett, M.Johnson |
| 2023-01-10 | Senate | Referred to Committee on Judiciary |
| 2023-01-10 | Senate | Introduced and read first time |
| 2022-11-30 | Senate | Referred to Committee on Judiciary |
| 2022-11-30 | Senate | Prefiled |
