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2004 SESSION
HB 352 Criminal cases; testimony of husband and wife.
Introduced by: Joseph P. Johnson, Jr. | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Privilege as to marital communications. Provides that spoken or written marital communications are completely privileged from disclosure, under a privilege held by both spouses which continues after the marriage is dissolved, except in cases where either spouse is charged with a crime or tort against each other or against the child of either spouse. Under current law, a spouse may disclose otherwise privileged marital communications so long as the disclosure is by a means other than examination in the action or testimony.
FULL TEXT
- 01/14/04 House: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/12/04 043508356 pdf
- 02/05/04 House: Printed as engrossed 043508356-E pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/14/04 House: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/12/04 043508356
- 01/14/04 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/02/04 House: Reported from C. J. with amendment (21-Y 0-N)
- 02/04/04 House: Read first time
- 02/05/04 House: Read second time
- 02/05/04 House: Committee amendment agreed to
- 02/05/04 House: Engrossed by House as amended HB352E
- 02/05/04 House: Printed as engrossed 043508356-E
- 02/06/04 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
- 02/06/04 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (100-Y 0-N)
- 02/06/04 House: Communicated to Senate
- 02/09/04 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/09/04 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 03/03/04 Senate: Continued to 2005 in Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N)
- 03/03/04 Senate: Letter sent to Boyd-Graves Conference