WV SB92 | 2023 | Regular Session

West Virginia Senate Bill 92 (Prior Session Legislation)

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: Introduced on January 11 2023 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2023-01-11 - To Judiciary
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Summary

The purpose of this bill is to provide compensation to victims of abusive lawsuits. It provides that a party in a civil action is entitled to recover attorney's fees and costs in certain cases where after a court dismisses a claim as lacking any basis in law or fact.

Title

Providing compensation to victims of abusive lawsuits

History

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-01-11	Senate	To Judiciary
2023-01-11	Senate	Introduced in Senate
2023-01-11	Senate	To Judiciary then Finance
2023-01-11	Senate	Filed for introduction

Subjects

Actions, Suits and Liens

Code Citations

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
56	4	72	New Code	See Bill Text

West Virginia State Sources

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=92&year=2023&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill
Text	http://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb92%20intr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=92
Supplement	http://www.wvlegislature.gov/Fiscalnotes/FN(2)/fnsubmit_recordview1.cfm?RecordID=845466935