2026 Regular Session
SB67
Provides for limits on recovery in tort claims of negligent infliction of emotional distress absent physical injury. (8/1/26)
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Partner positions
Likes
No public reasoning provided.
Dislikes
This provision imposes a significantly heightened standard for recovering damages for mental anguish, requiring severe, debilitating harm, medical evidence, and proof of outrageous conduct and a special duty. Such layered requirements risk denying recovery in legitimate cases where real harm exists but cannot meet these rigid thresholds.
Committee referrals
February 19, 2026 · Senate
Judiciary A
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Senate Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary A.
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Senate Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Judiciary A.