Litigation Law Section Bill Referrals - 2005 - Final Status
Washington State Bar Association
Section contact:  Ronald Trompeter & Karen Koehler
Bill Number	Title	Prime	Notes	Position	Status	Comments	$
Bills the Section took position or sponsored:
SHB 1159	Limiting liability for persons working with liquefied petroleum gas.			Neutral	Failed to pass
HB 1508	Creating a hearsay exception for statements offered against a party that has engaged or acquiesced in wrongdoing.	Lantz		Support	Failed to pass	1/26/05 to BOG, Criminal , Litigation, Business and Family Law.  2/9/05 support.
HB 1671 (SB 5737)	Allowing attorneys to recover actual costs for service of process.	Kirby		Oppose	Failed to pass	2/1/05 to Section, BOG and Family.
SHB 1860	Limiting the use of expert witnesses.	Lantz		Oppose	Failed to pass	2/8/05 to Section and BOG.  2/9/05 oppose.
HB 2066	Studying methods for water rights dispute resolution.			Neutral	Failed to pass
SB 5185	Establishing the legal presumption of reasonable value from the certification of health care records.	Franklin		Support	Failed to pass	1/18/05 to Section.  1/24/05 the committee supports this bill as it promotes the efficient administration of justice.
SSB 5204	Modifying the chattel lien process.			Neutral	Failed to pass
SB 5300	Addressing defenses in civil actions.	Carrell		Oppose	Failed to pass	1/19/05 to Section.  1/24/05 the committee opposes this bill as a matter of social policy and common sense.
SB 5737 (HB 1671)	Allowing attorneys to recover actual costs for service of process.	Carrell		Oppose	Failed to pass	Companion to HB 1671.
Bills of interest to Section:
HB 1925	Concerning clean water act litigation.	Kretz			Failed to pass	2/10/05 to Section.  2/11/05 Section takes no position on this bill per Karen Hoeher and Ron Trompeter.
SB 5133 (HB 1207)	Revising provisions relating to privileged communications between spouses.	Brandland			Failed to pass	1/26/05 to Litigation Law.  Previously sent to Criminal and Family Law.
SB 5646	Prohibiting confidentiality agreements in lawsuits involving public hazards.	Kline			Failed to pass	2/1/05 to Section.