Innocent Sellers Fairness Act
Latest action · May 21, 2009 Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMay 20, 2009
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Innocent Sellers Fairness Act - Exempts a lawful seller from liability for personal injury, monetary loss, or damage to property arising out of an accident or transaction involving a seller's products, unless the claimant proves one or more of the following non-sale activities by the seller: (1) the seller was the manufacturer of the product; (2) the seller participated in the design of the product; (3) the seller participated in the installation of the product; or (4) the seller altered, modified, or expressly warranted the product in a manner not authorized by the manufacturer.
Requires, where a claimant proves one or more of such activities, that: (1) the activity be negligent; and (2) damages be limited to those directly caused by the activity.
Cosponsors 9
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 20, 2009 to Jul 10, 2009, with 5 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-IN | Dan Burton | Original | May 20, 2009 |
| R-OH | Jim Jordan | Original | May 20, 2009 |
| R-TN | John J. Duncan, Jr. | Original | May 20, 2009 |
| R-IN | Mark E. Souder | Original | May 20, 2009 |
| R-IA | Tom Latham | Original | May 20, 2009 |
| R-MN | John Kline | May 21, 2009 | |
| R-KS | Lynn Jenkins | May 21, 2009 | |
| R-NC | Sue Wilkins Myrick | May 21, 2009 | |
| R-SC | Bob Inglis | Jul 10, 2009 |
Actions 5
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 21, 2009Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection.
- May 20, 2009Introduced in House
- May 20, 2009Referred to House Energy and Commerce
- May 20, 2009Referred to House Judiciary
- May 20, 2009Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Subjects
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- May 20, 2009Introduced in House
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