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2011 SESSION

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HB 1909 Search warrants; allows court to temporarily seal.

Introduced by: Jackson H. Miller | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)

Search warrants. Allows a court to temporarily seal, for a specified period of time, a warrant and a return on the warrant in addition to the affidavit supporting the warrant, and to seal the order sealing the affidavit, warrant or return. The conditions in existing law concerning the sealing of an affidavit apply: sealing is upon application of the attorney of the Commonwealth for good cause shown in an ex parte hearing and an aggrieved party may move the court for the unsealing of the warrant and return with the burden of proof for continued sealing on the Commonwealth.

FULL TEXT

• 01/11/11  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/11 11101195D  pdf
• 01/25/11  House: Printed as engrossed 11101195D-E  pdf
• 02/22/11  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1909ER)  pdf
• 03/16/11  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0219)  pdf

AMENDMENTS

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HISTORY

• 01/11/11  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/11 11101195D
• 01/11/11  House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 01/14/11  House: Assigned Courts sub: #1 Criminal
• 01/17/11  House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (8-Y 0-N)
• 01/19/11  House: Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments (22-Y 0-N)
• 01/21/11  House: Read first time
• 01/24/11  House: Passed by for the day
• 01/25/11  House: Read second time
• 01/25/11  House: Committee amendments agreed to
• 01/25/11  House: Engrossed by House as amended HB1909E
• 01/25/11  House: Printed as engrossed 11101195D-E
• 01/26/11  House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
• 01/26/11  House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N)
• 01/27/11  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
• 01/27/11  Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 02/04/11  Senate: Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
• 02/14/11  Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N)
• 02/15/11  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/16/11  Senate: Read third time
• 02/16/11  Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/22/11  House: Enrolled
• 02/22/11  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1909ER)
• 02/22/11  House: Signed by Speaker
• 02/23/11  Senate: Signed by President
• 03/16/11  Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 219 (effective 7/1/11)
• 03/16/11  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0219)