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2007 SESSION

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HB 2418 Freedom of Information Act; exemption for persons designated to carry out execution.

Introduced by: Terry G. Kilgore | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)

Transfer of prisoner to facility housing death chamber; confidentiality of execution records.  Provides that the identities of persons designated by the Director to conduct an execution shall be exempt from the Freedom of Information Act, and shall not be subject to discovery or introduction as evidence in any civil proceeding, unless good cause is shown. The bill also removes the specific time constraints on when a prisoner condemned to die must be transferred to the correctional center that houses the death chamber.

FULL TEXT

• 01/09/07  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/07 070728105  pdf
• 02/05/07  House: Printed as engrossed 070728105-E  pdf
• 02/21/07  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2418ER)  pdf
• 04/05/07  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0652)  pdf

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HISTORY

• 01/09/07  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/07 070728105
• 01/09/07  House: Referred to Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety
• 01/19/07  House: Referred from Militia, Police and Public Safety (21-Y 0-N)
• 01/19/07  House: Referred to Committee on General Laws
• 01/22/07  House: Assigned GL sub: #2 FOIA/Procurement (Marshall, D.)
• 02/01/07  House: Reported from General Laws with amendments (19-Y 3-N)
• 02/03/07  House: Read first time
• 02/05/07  House: Read second time
• 02/05/07  House: Committee amendments agreed to
• 02/05/07  House: Passed by temporarily
• 02/05/07  House: Amendment by Delegate Hull agreed to
• 02/05/07  House: Engrossed by House as amended HB2418E
• 02/05/07  House: Printed as engrossed 070728105-E
• 02/06/07  House: Read third time and passed House (95-Y 4-N)
• 02/06/07  House: VOTE: PASSAGE (95-Y 4-N)
• 02/06/07  House: Communicated to Senate
• 02/07/07  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
• 02/07/07  Senate: Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services
• 02/09/07  Senate: Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with amendments (15-Y 0-N)
• 02/12/07  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/12/07  Senate: VOTE: (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/13/07  Senate: Read third time
• 02/13/07  Senate: Reading of amendments waived
• 02/13/07  Senate: Committee amendments agreed to
• 02/13/07  Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended
• 02/13/07  Senate: Passed Senate with amendments (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/13/07  Senate: VOTE: (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/14/07  House: Placed on Calendar
• 02/15/07  House: Senate amendments agreed to by House (97-Y 0-N)
• 02/15/07  House: VOTE: ADOPTION (97-Y 0-N)
• 02/21/07  House: Enrolled
• 02/21/07  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2418ER)
• 02/22/07  House: Signed by Speaker
• 02/23/07  Senate: Signed by President
• 03/20/07  Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 652 (effective 7/1/07)
• 04/05/07  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0652)