Amend CSSB 220, Section 4, page 11, line 24, strike
subsection (b) and insert the following:
      (b)  Section 2 of this Act applies to a civil action that is
pending on the effective date of this Act in which the plaintiff
alleges that harm was caused by exposure to asbestos fibers. In an
action commenced before the effective date of this Act, a trial of
a plaintiff's action that was completed before that date, or that
is in progress on that date, and a subsequent new trial or retrial
of the plaintiff's action is governed with respect to the subject
matter of Section 2 of this Act by the applicable law in effect
immediately before that date, and that law is continued in effect
for that purpose.