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2024 SESSION

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SB 321 Administrative and civil proceedings; protected information, newspersons engaged in journalism.

Introduced by: Danica A. Roem | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)

Protected information in administrative and civil proceedings; newspersons engaged in journalism. Expands the protected information privilege for newspersons to administrative and civil proceedings. Under current law, a newsperson engaged in journalism shall not be compelled by the Commonwealth or a locality to testify about, disclose, or produce protected information, with certain exceptions, in criminal proceedings only.

FULL TEXT

• 01/09/24  Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100946D  pdf
• 03/06/24  Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB321ER)  pdf
• 04/05/24  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0589)  pdf

AMENDMENTS

• House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted
• House amendments adopted
• House amendments engrossed

HISTORY

• 01/09/24  Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100946D
• 01/09/24  Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 01/10/24  Senate: Moved from Judiciary to Courts of Justice due to a change of the committee name
• 02/07/24  Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice (10-Y 5-N)
• 02/08/24  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/09/24  Senate: Read second time and engrossed
• 02/12/24  Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/15/24  House: Placed on Calendar
• 02/15/24  House: Read first time
• 02/15/24  House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 02/15/24  House: Assigned Courts sub: Civil
• 02/16/24  House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (5-Y 3-N)
• 02/23/24  House: Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) (11-Y 10-N)
• 02/27/24  House: Read second time
• 02/28/24  House: Read third time
• 02/28/24  House: Committee amendments agreed to
• 02/28/24  House: Passed by temporarily
• 02/28/24  House: Engrossed by House as amended
• 02/28/24  House: Passed House with amendments (71-Y 28-N)
• 02/28/24  House: VOTE: Passage (71-Y 28-N)
• 03/01/24  Senate: House amendments agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
• 03/06/24  Senate: Enrolled
• 03/06/24  Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB321ER)
• 03/06/24  House: Signed by Speaker
• 03/07/24  Senate: Signed by President
• 03/11/24  Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024
• 03/11/24  Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024
• 04/05/24  Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 589 (effective 7/1/24)
• 04/05/24  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0589)