2012 House Bill 5466

Senate Roll Call 889: 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, contractor or subconractor to defend the public entity or any other party through such a provision.

28 Yeas / 8 Nays
Republican (25 Yeas / 0 Nays)
Democrat (3 Yeas / 8 Nays)
Excused or Not Voting (2)