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HOUSE SUMMARY OF SENATE AMENDMENTS
HB 379 2021 Regular Session Larvadain
LIABILITY/TORTS: Provides for liability for damages caused by sexual harassment
Synopsis of Senate Amendments
1.Changes reference from "sexual harassment" as provided in R.S. 42:342 to
"sexual assault" as defined in R.S. 46:2184.
2.Clarifies that the three-year prescriptive period is as provided by C.C. Art.
3496.2.
Digest of Bill as Finally Passed by Senate
Proposed law (C.C. Art. 2315.11) provides for liability for damages caused by an act or acts
of sexual assault in the workplace for the perpetrator of the sexual assault.
Proposed law (C.C. Art. 2315.11) defines acts or acts of sexual assault as provided in R.S.
46:2184.
Present law (C.C.P. Art. 863) provides for sanctions for pleadings not verified or certified
by an attorney.
Proposed law (C.C. Art. 2315.11) provides for an amount of court costs, reasonable attorney
fees, and other related costs to the defendant, as well as other sanctions and relief under
C.C.P. Art. 863, for frivolous or fraudulent claims.
Proposed law (C.C. Art. 2315.11) provides for a liberative prescriptive period of three years
as provided in C.C. Art. 3496.2.
(Adds C.C. Art. 2315.11)
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