Repeal of Joint & Several Liability Passes Senate Judiciary
March 22, 2006

Today the Senate Judiciary committee passed SB 2006 By Senator Dan Webster, dealing with the repeal of joint & Several liability, on a vote of 5-3. The bill has no other committee references so it is headed to the Senate floor for a final vote. Last week the House passed it’s bill dealing with this subject (HB 145) on a vote of 97 -23.

Those voting for the bill are: Baker, Clary, Posey, Webster and Villalobos

Those voting against the bill are: Aronberg, Campbell and Geller

We will have a full report on the committee action on this bill today in our Daily Brief.

We will provide a complete report on this bill in todays Daily Brief report.