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2013 SESSION
SB 1122 Deadman's Statute; corroboration of testimony by business records, authentication of records.
Introduced by: Thomas K. Norment, Jr. | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE: (all summaries)
Deadman's Statute; corroboration of testimony by business records. Revises the Deadman's Statute by allowing for the corroboration of the testimony of an adverse or interested party by an entry in a business record authored by the adverse or interested party. If the authentication of the business record used as evidence for corroboration is not admitted in a request for admission, the record must be authenticated by a person who is not the author of the entry and who is not an adverse or interested party to the case. The bill is identical to HB 1477.
FULL TEXT
- 01/09/13 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/13 13100539D pdf
- 02/05/13 Senate: Printed as engrossed 13100539D-E pdf
- 02/19/13 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1122ER) pdf
- 03/20/13 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0637) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/09/13 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/13 13100539D
- 01/09/13 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/04/13 Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment (13-Y 2-N)
- 02/05/13 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/05/13 Senate: Read second time
- 02/05/13 Senate: Reading of amendment waived
- 02/05/13 Senate: Committee amendment agreed to
- 02/05/13 Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended SB1122E
- 02/05/13 Senate: Printed as engrossed 13100539D-E
- 02/05/13 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/05/13 Senate: Passed Senate (38-Y 2-N)
- 02/11/13 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/11/13 House: Read first time
- 02/11/13 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/11/13 House: Reported from Courts of Justice (17-Y 0-N)
- 02/13/13 House: Read second time
- 02/14/13 House: Read third time
- 02/14/13 House: Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
- 02/14/13 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (100-Y 0-N)
- 02/19/13 Senate: Enrolled
- 02/19/13 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1122ER)
- 02/19/13 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/20/13 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/20/13 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 637 (effective 7/1/13)
- 03/20/13 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0637)