109th Congress / Bills / S 5

Title

A bill to amend the procedures that apply to consideration of interstate class actions to assure fairer outcomes for class members and defendants, and for other purposes.

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Categories (What are categories?)

Appellate courts | Appellate procedure | Bank holding companies | Banks and banking | Business | Charitable contributions | Class actions (Civil procedure) | Congress | Congressional reporting requirements | Consent decrees | Consumer discounts | Consumers | Damages | District courts | Evidence (Law) | Expert witnesses | Finance | Foreign banks and banking | Government information | Government paperwork | Injunctions | International finance | Judicial opinions | Jurisdiction | Law | Legal fees | State and local government | State courts | Subsidiary corporations | Supreme Court

Votes on this bill

Date	Chamber	Result	Vote
2/17/05	House	Passed	Session 1, roll call 38: On Passage Class Action Fairness Act
2/17/05	House	Failed	Session 1, roll call 37: On Motion to Commit With Instructions Class Action Fairness Act
2/17/05	House	Failed	Session 1, roll call 36: On Agreeing to the Amendment
2/10/05	Senate	Passed	Session 1, roll call 9: On Passage of the Bill S. 5; Class Action Fairness Act of 2005
2/10/05	Senate	Rejected	Session 1, roll call 8: On the Amendment Feingold Amdt. No. 12; To establish time limits for action by Federal district courts on motions to remand cases that have been removed to Federal court.
2/9/05	Senate	Rejected	Session 1, roll call 7: On the Amendment Feinstein Amdt. No. 4; To clarify the application of State law in certain class actions, and for other purposes.
2/9/05	Senate	Rejected	Session 1, roll call 6: On the Amendment Kennedy Amdt. No. 2; To amend the definition of class action in title 28, United States Code, to exclude class actions relating to civil rights or the payment of wages.
2/9/05	Senate	Agreed to	Session 1, roll call 5: On the Motion to Table Motion to Table Pryor Amdt. No. 5; To exempt class action lawsuits brought by the attorney general of any State from the modified civil procedures required by this Act.