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HB 119 Original 2020 Regular Session Huval
Abstract: Authorizes parties to provide evidence of compromise to a jury for the purpose of
showing the reason a party is not a defendant at trial.
Present law prohibits the admission of certain evidence of offering or accepting anything of value
to compromise a claim, but present law provides exceptions allowing admissibility of such evidence
for other purposes, such as proving bias or prejudice.
Proposed law provides that such evidence may be admissible to a jury for the reason of explaining
a party's absence as a defendant.
(Amends C.E. Art. 408(A))