Repeal
of Joint and Several Liability to be heard on the
Floor of the
House of Representatives
March
10, 2006
Repeal of Joint and Several
Liability to be heard on the Floor of the House of Representatives
HB 145, an act relating to apportionment of civil damages by
Rep. Don Brown (R-Defuniak Springs) has finished the committee
process and is now moving to the floor for consideration. House
Bill 145 repeals the doctrine of joint and several liability and
replaces it with a system which allocates damages based upon a
party's percentage of fault.
As you know, Speaker Allan Bense (R-Panama City) would like to
have 75 votes in support of this landmark legislation. We have
attached last year's House vote count for House Bill 1513 (Civil
Justice Reform) for your review. It is very likely that we will
not have some of the members who supported House Bill 1513 last
year on our side.
Please see the vote count on HB 1513 from the 2005
Session below
Representative Jeff Kottkamp (R-Cape Coral) and Representative
Kevin Ambler (R- Tampa) are just two members who will probably
not vote in favor of House Bill 145. Therefore, it is important
that you make every attempt to poll/contact any members of the
House you see to get a vote count on House Bill 145. At the Florida
Coalition for Legal Reform Meeting which will be held on Monday,
March 13, 2006 at 5:00 PM we will go over votes and discuss further
strategy.
Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact
Coalition Co-Chairs, Tamela Perdue or John Thrasher.
Thank you.
HB
1513 (2005) by Rep. Don Brown
Yeas - 79 Nays - 32 Not Voting - 9
Member |
Member |
Member |
Y Adams
|
Y Flores
|
N Meadows |
Y Allen
|
Y Galvano
|
Y Mealor |
Y Altman
|
N Gannon
|
Y Murzin |
Y Ambler
|
Y Garcia
|
Y Needelman |
Y Anderson
|
Y Gardiner
|
Y Negron |
N Antone
|
N Gelber
|
Y Patterson |
Y Arza
|
N Gibson, A.
|
N Peterman |
Y Attkisson
|
Y Gibson, H.
|
Y Pickens |
N Ausley
|
Y Glorioso
|
N Planas |
Y Barreiro
|
- Goldstein
|
- Poppell |
Y Baxley
|
Y Goodlette
|
N Porth |
Y Bean
|
N Gottlieb
|
Y Proctor |
N Bendross-Mindingall
|
Y Grant
|
- Quinones |
Y Bense
|
N Greenstein
|
Y Reagan |
Y Benson
|
Y Grimsley
|
Y Rice |
Y Berfield
|
Y Harrell
|
N Richardson |
- Bilirakis
|
Y Hasner
|
Y Rivera |
Y Bogdanoff
|
Y Hays
|
Y Robaina |
- Bowen
|
N Henriquez
|
N Roberson |
N Brandenburg
|
N Holloway
|
Y Ross |
Y Brown
|
Y Homan
|
Y Rubio |
| Y Brummer |
Y Hukill
|
Y Russell |
- Brutus
|
N Jennings
|
N Ryan |
N Bucher
|
Y Johnson
|
Y Sands |
N Bullard
|
Y Jordan
|
Y Sansom |
Y Cannon
|
N Joyner
|
N Seiler |
Y Carroll
|
N Justice
|
Y Simmons |
Y Clarke
|
Y Kendrick
|
N Slosberg |
- Coley
|
Y Kottkamp
|
N Smith |
Y Cretul
|
Y Kravitz
|
N Sobel |
Y Culp
|
Y Kreegel
|
- Sorensen |
N Cusack
|
Y Kyle
|
Y Stansel |
Y Davis, D.
|
Y Legg
|
Y Stargel |
Y Davis, M.
|
Y Littlefield
|
N Taylor |
- Dean
|
Y Llorente
|
Y Traviesa |
Y Detert
|
Y Lopez-Cantera
|
Y Troutman |
Y Domino
|
Y Machek
|
N Vana |
Y Evers
|
N Mahon
|
CH Waters |
Y Farkas
|
Y Mayfield
|
Y Williams |
| N Fields |
Y McInvale |
Y Zapata |
|
