2025 bills / H.B. 154
H.B. 154 Punitive Damages Amendments (2025)
- Introduced
- House committee
- House vote
- Senate committee
- Senate vote
- Signed into law
What this bill does
This bill changes rules for the Victim Services Restricted Account. Starting on a set date, the state's share of punitive damages collected in certain driving under the influence cases would be deposited into that account.
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Official description
- modifies provisions of the Victim Services Restricted Account
- requires, after a set date, that the state's portion of punitive damage payments that are received in certain driving under the influence cases are deposited into the Victims Services Restricted Account
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Every vote
- 9 yes, 1 no, 1 absentHouse Judiciary Committee: vote to approve it · 1/24/2025 3:37 PMWho voted how
- 43 yes, 29 no, 3 absentFinal House vote · 1/31/2025 12:04 PMWho voted how
- 3 yes, 0 no, 4 absentSenate Revenue and Taxation Committee: vote to change the bill · 2/27/2025 5:09 PMWho voted how
- 2 yes, 1 no, 4 absentSenate Revenue and Taxation Committee: vote to approve it · 2/27/2025 5:10 PMWho voted how
- 20 yes, 6 no, 3 absentFinal Senate vote · 3/7/2025 11:03 AMWho voted how
- 49 yes, 15 no, 11 absentHouse vote to accept the other chamber's changes · 3/7/2025 5:08 PMWho voted how