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OK SB827
Bill
Status
2/3/2025
Primary Sponsor
Todd Gollihare
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AI Summary
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Increases the cap on noneconomic damages (pain and suffering, mental anguish, loss of consortium, etc.) in bodily injury civil actions from $350,000 to $500,000
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Removes the exception that previously allowed unlimited noneconomic damages when defendants acted with reckless disregard, gross negligence, fraud, or intentional/malicious conduct
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Eliminates definitions for "fraudulent," "gross negligence," "malice," and "reckless disregard" from the statute since these terms no longer trigger exceptions to the cap
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Does not apply to actions under The Governmental Tort Claims Act or wrongful death cases
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Effective date of November 1, 2025, applying to civil actions filed on or after that date
Legislative Description
Damages; increasing maximum limitation on compensation for noneconomic loss; removing exceptions to limitation on noneconomic loss compensation. Effective date.
Last Action
Second Reading referred to Judiciary
2/4/2025