AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE--PROCEDURE IN PARTICULAR ACTIONS -- DEATH BY WRONGFUL ACT (Raises the minimum recovery in a civil action to recover for a wrongful death from $250,000 to $365,000 and automatically increases for inflation the minimum recovery annually on January 31. The increase is based on the consumer price index.)
It became law on Jun 23, 2023.
- Stage
- Became law
- Started in
- House
- Sponsors
- 5
- Latest action
- Jun 23, 2023
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This bill passed and is now law.
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Sponsors
The lawmakers who put their names on it, lead sponsors first.
- Brandon Potter
- Carol McEntee
- Dawson
- J. Brien
- Jackie Baginski
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Once a bill is decided, the questions are about what is done with it in Rhode Island.