2012 House Bill 5466

House Roll Call 377: Passed

To expand an anti-indemnification law establishing that a negligent party cannot use an indemnity clause in a construction contract to shift all obligations for which it is wholly responsible to another party. The bill would extend this to the design of a building, and include infrastructure and any improvement to real property; and prohibit a government entity from requiring an architect, engineer, landscape architect, surveyor, or contractor to defend the public entity or any other party through such a provision.

87 Yeas / 21 Nays
Republican (64 Yeas / 0 Nays)
Democrat (23 Yeas / 21 Nays)
Excused or Not Voting (2)