2025 bills / S.B. 266
S.B. 266 Ethylene Oxide Litigation Amendments (2025)
- Introduced
- Senate committee
- Senate vote
- House committee
- House vote
- Signed into law
What this bill does
This bill creates a specific lawsuit for ethylene oxide exposure and makes it the only legal remedy for those claims. It shields healthcare individuals and businesses from suit over their ethylene oxide use, with limited exceptions, and sets filing rules; workers' compensation is unchanged.
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Official description
- creates an exclusive, civil cause of action for ethylene oxide exposure
- provides immunity from suit to individuals or businesses in the healthcare industry in relation to the use of ethylene oxide, with limited exceptions
- provides requirements and procedures for claims and pleadings
- provides that the enacted chapter is the exclusive remedy for ethylene oxide exposure actions
- provides transitional language
- provides that the enacted chapter supercedes other personal injury or related laws
- provides that the enacted chapter does not affect workers' compensation claims or programs
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Every vote
- 4 yes, 2 no, 3 absentSenate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee: vote to approve it · 2/18/2025 9:58 AMWho voted how
- 21 yes, 2 no, 6 absentFirst of two Senate votes · 2/21/2025 3:46 PMWho voted how
- 21 yes, 2 no, 6 absentFinal Senate vote · 2/24/2025 2:59 PMWho voted how
- 12 yes, 0 no, 4 absentHouse Business, Labor, and Commerce Committee: vote to approve it · 2/28/2025 6:06 PMWho voted how
- 59 yes, 7 no, 9 absentFinal House vote · 3/7/2025 10:31 PM