Update on tort reform in Arkansas -- UPDATED

Feb. 20, 2017:   About 10 days ago, I reported on the tort reform efforts in Arkansas (see below).  Here is an update, as reported in the TortsProf blog: The Arkansas Senate voted 21-10 to send a proposed constitutional amendment involving damage caps to the House for further consideration.  Given that 53 of the 100 members of the House are co-sponsors, it has a good chance of passing.  If the House approves the proposal, it will be on the ballot in the 2018 general election.  Arkansas Online has the story; more coverage here.

UPDATE (3/5/17):  The TortsProf blog has updates here and here.  The house bill doubled the amount of the proposed cap on non economic damages to $500,000.  That's the good news.  The bad news is that a cap is still a cap.  The new bill must now pass both houses.