| DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL Actions based on exposure to hazardous substances. Provides statutes of limitations for causes of action for: (1) occupational disease; (2) deficiencies in the design, planning, supervision, construction, or observation of construction of an improvement to real property; and (3) product liability; when the cause of action is based on an exposure to a hazardous substance. Provides for a one year period, ending July 1, 2014, to file an otherwise time-barred cause of action based on an exposure to a hazardous substance. |