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Committee approves bill to keep raised liability caps for state, political subdivisions
Summary
House Bill 1142 passed committee 13-0 to remove a sunset provision and permanently retain higher statutory liability caps—$500,000 per person and $2,000,000 per incident—that were phased in after a recent change to the law.
The Political Subdivision Committee unanimously recommended passage of House Bill 1142, a bill that removes a sunset clause and preserves recently raised liability caps for the state and political subdivisions.
“It's a straightforward cleanup bill,” state Representative Brandy Pyle of District 22 said in presenting the measure, which the sponsor said codifies cap increases adopted in the previous session. Pyle told the committee the earlier…
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