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HB 214                                                                                            
The following was read the second time:                                                             
                                                                                                    
    HOUSE BILL NO. 214                                                                              
    "An Act relating to the recovery of punitive damages against an                                 
    employer who is determined to be vicariously liable for the act or                              
     omission of an employee; and providing for an effective date."                                
                                                                                                    
with the:                                                  Journal Page                             
                                                                                                    
 JUD RPT CS(JUD) 3DP 2DNP 1NR 1AM                                    766                            
 FN1: ZERO(CRT)                                                      767                            
 FN2: ZERO(LAW)                                                      767                            
                                                                                                    
Representative Coghill moved and asked unanimous consent that the                                   
following committee substitute be adopted in lieu of the original bill:                             
                                                                                                    
    CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 214(JUD)                                                                  
    (same title)                                                                                    
                                                                                                    
There being no objection, it was so ordered.                                                        
                                                                                                    
Amendment No. 1 was offered  by Representatives Gara and                                             
Gruenberg:                                                                                          
                                                                                                    
Page 2, line 2:                                                                                     
 Delete "recklessly"                                                                                
 Insert "negligently"                                                                               
                                                                                                    
Representative Gara moved and asked unanimous consent that                                          
Amendment No. 1 be adopted.                                                                         
                                                                                                    
Representative McGuire objected.                                                                    
                                                                                                    

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The question being:  "Shall Amendment No. 1 be adopted?"  The roll                                  
was taken with the following result:                                                                
                                                                                                    
CSHB 214(JUD)                                                                                       
Second Reading                                                                                      
Amendment No. 1                                                                                     
                                                                                                    
YEAS:  11   NAYS:  26   EXCUSED:  2   ABSENT:  1                                                  
                                                                                                    
Yeas:  Anderson, Berkowitz, Cissna, Gara, Gruenberg, Guttenberg,                                    
Kapsner, Kerttula, Kott, Ogg, Weyhrauch                                                             
                                                                                                    
Nays:  Chenault, Coghill, Crawford, Croft, Dahlstrom, Fate, Foster,                                 
Gatto, Harris, Hawker, Heinze, Holm, Joule, Kohring, Lynn, Masek,                                   
McGuire, Meyer, Morgan, Rokeberg, Samuels, Seaton, Stoltze,                                         
Whitaker, Wilson, Wolf                                                                              
                                                                                                    
Excused:  Kookesh, Williams                                                                         
                                                                                                    
Absent:  Moses                                                                                      
                                                                                                    
And so, Amendment No. 1 was not adopted.                                                            
                                                                                                    
Representative Coghill moved and asked unanimous consent that                                       
CSHB 214(JUD) be considered engrossed, advanced to third reading,                                   
and placed on final passage.                                                                        
                                                                                                    
Representative Berkowitz objected.                                                                  
                                                                                                    
The Speaker stated that CSHB 214(JUD) will be in third reading on                                   
tomorrow's calendar.