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House Roll Call 1145 on
2006 House Bill 5851: Require actual harm to file asbestos suit

Passed 99 to 1 in the House on November 30, 2006.
See Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No".

To establish detailed rules and regulations for asbestos and silicosis lawsuits that would require plaintiffs to demonstrate that they were actually injured by exposure these substances. The bill establishes detailed regulations and standards for physicians involved in such suits, expert witnesses, compensation levels, caps on legal contingency fees, health impairment definitions, diagnoses, etc.

View the rest of House Bill 5851: History, Amendments & Comments

Vote

In Favor

Against

Not Voting

Undecided

Democrat

	86%
	1%
	11%

52 total votes

Republican

	93%
	0%
	6%

58 total votes

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IN FAVOR

HOUSE DEMOCRATS

Cushingberry (D)

Law, Kathleen (D)

Lemmons, III (D)

Lemmons, Jr. (D)

Smith, Alma (D)

Smith, Virgil (D)

HOUSE REPUBLICANS

Brandenburg (R)

Elsenheimer (R)

Hildenbrand (R)

Jones, Rick (R)

Schuitmaker (R)

Van Regenmorter (R)

Vander Veen (R)

AGAINST

HOUSE DEMOCRATS

Jones, Hayes (D)

HOUSE REPUBLICANS
none

HOUSE LEGISLATORS WHO DID NOT VOTE

HOUSE LEGISLATORS ORDERED BY NAME

Y Accavitti (D-42)

Y Acciavatti (R-32)

Y Adamini (D-109)

Y Anderson (D-18)

Y Angerer (D-55)

Y Baxter (R-64)

Y Bennett (D-92)

Y Booher (R-102)

Y Brandenburg (R-24)

Y Brown (D-110)

Y Byrnes (D-52)

Y Casperson (R-108)

Y Caswell (R-58)

Y Clemente (D-14)

Y Condino (D-35)

Y Cushingberry (D-8)

Y DeRoche (R-38)

- Dillon (D-17)

Y Donigan (D-26)

Y Drolet (R-33)

Y Elsenheimer (R-105)

Y Emmons (R-70)

Y Espinoza (D-83)

Y Farhat (R-91)

Y Farrah (D-13)

Y Gaffney (R-1)

Y Garfield (R-45)

Y Gillard (D-106)

Y Gleason (D-48)

Y Gonzales (D-49)

Y Gosselin (R-41)

Y Hansen (R-100)

Y Hildenbrand (R-86)

Y Hoogendyk (R-61)

Y Hopgood (D-22)

- Huizenga (R-90)

Y Hummel (R-93)

n Jones, Hayes (D-29)

Y Jones, Rick (R-71)

Y Kooiman (R-75)

Y Law, David (R-39)

Y Law, Kathleen (D-23)

Y Leland (D-10)

Y Lemmons, III (D-3)

Y Lemmons, Jr. (D-2)

Y Lipsey (D-60)

Y Marleau (R-46)

Y McConico (D-5)

Y McDowell (D-107)

Y Meadows (D-69)

Y Meisner (D-27)

Y Miller (D-31)

Y Moolenaar (R-98)

- Mortimer (R-65)

- Murphy (D-68)

Y Newell (R-87)

Y Palmer (R-36)

Y Palsrok (R-101)

Y Pastor (R-19)

Y Pavlov (R-81)

Y Pearce (R-73)

- Plakas (D-16)

Y Polidori (D-15)

Y Robertson (R-51)

Y Schuitmaker (R-80)

Y Shaffer (R-59)

Y Sheltrown (D-103)

Y Smith, Alma (D-54)

Y Smith, Virgil (D-7)

Y Stakoe (R-44)

Y Stewart (R-20)

- Tobocman (D-12)

Y Vagnozzi (D-37)

Y Van Regenmorter (R-74)

Y Vander Veen (R-89)

Y Walker (R-104)

- Williams (D-95)

Y Zelenko (D-50)

House Roll Call 1145 on 2006 House Bill 5851

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