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SB 385 Affidavits; admissibility as evidence by government official regarding search of government records.
Introduced by: Mark D. Obenshain | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Admissibility in evidence of non-existence of an official record. Provides that at a hearing or trial an affidavit signed by a government official who is competent to testify, deemed to have custody of an official record, or signed by his designee, stating that after a diligent search, no record or entry of such record is found to exist among the records in his custody, is admissible as evidence that his office has no such record or entry, provided that the procedures for admission of such an affidavit as set forth in the statute governing admission of affidavits indicating non-registration of a sex offender have been followed, mutatis mutandis.
FULL TEXT
- 01/12/10 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/10 10103020D pdf
- 01/27/10 Senate: Printed as engrossed 10103020D-E pdf
- 03/22/10 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB385ER) pdf
- 04/11/10 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0464) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/12/10 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/10 10103020D
- 01/12/10 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/14/10 Senate: Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
- 01/25/10 Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment (14-Y 0-N)
- 01/26/10 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 01/27/10 Senate: Read second time
- 01/27/10 Senate: Reading of amendment waived
- 01/27/10 Senate: Committee amendment agreed to
- 01/27/10 Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended SB385E
- 01/27/10 Senate: Printed as engrossed 10103020D-E
- 01/28/10 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/08/10 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/08/10 House: Read first time
- 02/08/10 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/16/10 House: Assigned Courts sub: #1 Criminal
- 02/26/10 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (7-Y 0-N)
- 03/08/10 House: Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment (21-Y 0-N)
- 03/09/10 House: Read second time
- 03/09/10 House: Constitutional reading dispensed BLOCK VOTE (96-Y 0-N)
- 03/09/10 House: VOTE: --- AGREE TO (96-Y 0-N)
- 03/09/10 House: Motion to reconsider constitutional reading dispensed agreed to
- 03/09/10 House: Constitutional reading dispensed BLOCK VOTE (94-Y 0-N)
- 03/09/10 House: VOTE: --- ADOPTION #2 (94-Y 0-N)
- 03/09/10 House: Committee amendment agreed to
- 03/09/10 House: Engrossed by House as amended
- 03/09/10 House: Passed House with amendment BLOCK VOTE (95-Y 0-N)
- 03/09/10 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (95-Y 0-N)
- 03/10/10 Senate: House amendment agreed to by Senate (39-Y 1-N)
- 03/22/10 Senate: Enrolled
- 03/22/10 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB385ER)
- 03/22/10 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/25/10 Senate: Signed by President
- 04/11/10 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 464 (effective 7/1/10)
- 04/11/10 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0464)