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HB 301 Business records; admissibility as evidence in any civil proceeding.
Introduced by: G. Manoli Loupassi | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Admissibility of business records. Provides that in any civil proceeding the authentication and foundation necessary for the admission of a business record under the business records exception to the rule against hearsay may be laid by witness testimony, a certificate of authenticity of and foundation for the record made by the record's custodian or another qualified witness, or a combination of testimony and a certification. The bill also provides that the proponent of the record must give written notice to all other parties no later than 15 days in advance of the trial or hearing if a certification will be relied on for the admission of such record and provide a copy of the record and certification to all other parties. If any party objects to the use of the certification, the authentication and foundation necessary for the admission of the record must be made by witness testimony. This bill as introduced was a recommendation of the Boyd-Graves Conference.
FULL TEXT
- 12/31/13 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/14 14100528D pdf
- 02/17/14 Senate: Committee substitute printed 14105065D-S1 pdf
- 02/25/14 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB301ER) pdf
- 03/31/14 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0398) pdf
HISTORY
- 12/31/13 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/14 14100528D
- 12/31/13 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/10/14 House: Assigned Courts sub: Civil
- 01/13/14 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 0-N)
- 01/20/14 House: Reported from Courts of Justice (21-Y 0-N)
- 01/22/14 House: Read first time
- 01/23/14 House: Read second time and engrossed
- 01/24/14 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (95-Y 0-N)
- 01/24/14 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (95-Y 0-N)
- 01/27/14 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 01/27/14 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/17/14 Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/17/14 Senate: Committee substitute printed 14105065D-S1
- 02/18/14 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/19/14 Senate: Read third time
- 02/19/14 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/19/14 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 14105065D-S1
- 02/19/14 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB301S1
- 02/19/14 Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/20/14 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/21/14 House: Senate substitute agreed to by House 14105065D-S1 (97-Y 0-N)
- 02/21/14 House: VOTE: ADOPTION (97-Y 0-N)
- 02/25/14 House: Enrolled
- 02/25/14 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB301ER)
- 02/25/14 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/27/14 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/31/14 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 398 (effective 7/1/14)
- 03/31/14 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0398)