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Lawsuit Abuse Reduction Act of 2015
(Sec. 2) Amends the sanctions provisions in Rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure to require the court to impose an appropriate sanction on any attorney, law firm, or party that has violated, or is responsible for the violation of, the rule with regard to representations to the court. Requires any sanction to compensate parties injured by the conduct in question.
Removes a provision that prohibits filing a motion for sanctions if the challenged paper, claim, defense, contention, or denial is withdrawn or appropriately corrected within 21 days after service or within another time the court sets.
Authorizes the court to impose additional sanctions, including striking the pleadings, dismissing the suit, nonmonetary directives, or penalty payments if warranted for effective deterrence.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service, describing H.R. 758 as passed House without amendment on Sep 17, 2015. It is not the text of the measure; a later amendment may have changed what it does.
Sep 17, 2015Each bar: ✓ Yea from the bottom, ✕ Nay aboveSep 17, 2015
House Sep 17, 2015 · the primary vote
To amend Rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure to improve attorney accountability, and for other purposes.
Passed
241 Yea 185 Nay 8 not voting
Party-line vote 8 of 426 voting members broke with their own party: 3 Democrats, 5 Republicans.
DemocratsRepublicansFilled: YeaRing: NayGrey: not voting or present
434 members on this roll call, from the official House record. Party majorities need at least five voting members, so an independent never counts as breaking with a party.
Signing on is not a vote: a member can cosponsor H.R. 758 and vote against it. 4 signed when it was filed.
Organizations that named H.R. 758 in a lobbying disclosure. Only those that cited the bill by number appear, so this is a floor, not a full list.
91 disclosures name this measure. Retrieved from LDA.gov on 2026-10-05. Senate Office of Public Records cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from LDA.gov.