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Senate advances revised government liability caps after amendment fight
Summary
Senators approved a second substitute of Senate Bill 35 on Feb. 3, 2000, raising some caps on government liability (proposed $500,000 per person; $1,000,000 per occurrence) and indexing limits; amendment to double a tort levy failed. Senate vote: 27–0 (2 absent) to move the second substitute to third reading.
After extended floor debate over the scope and fiscal effects of changing government liability caps, the Utah Senate advanced a second substitute to Senate Bill 35 and moved it to third reading on Feb. 3, 2000.
Senator Stevenson, sponsor of the substitute, said the bill addresses government-immunity limits that can leave severely injured people with caps that fail to cover medical costs and loss of income. Under…
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