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2020 SESSION
SB 529 Admissibility of statements of a deceased or incompetent party; hearsay exception.
Introduced by: John S. Edwards | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Admissibility of statements of a deceased or incompetent party; hearsay exception. Provides that statements made by a deceased or incompetent party when such party was competent shall not be excluded as inadmissible hearsay, provided that such statements are relevant and otherwise admissible. Under current law, such statements are admissible provided that they are relevant. This bill is a recommendation of the Boyd-Graves Conference.
FULL TEXT
- 01/07/20 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102382D pdf
- 02/05/20 Senate: Committee substitute printed 20107465D-S1 pdf
HISTORY
- 01/07/20 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102382D
- 01/07/20 Senate: Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
- 01/08/20 Senate: Moved from Courts of Justice to Judiciary due to a change of the committee name
- 01/24/20 Senate: Assigned Judiciary sub: Civil Law
- 02/05/20 Senate: Reported from Judiciary with substitute (9-Y 6-N)
- 02/05/20 Senate: Committee substitute printed 20107465D-S1
- 02/07/20 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
- 02/10/20 Senate: Read second time
- 02/10/20 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 02/11/20 Senate: Motion to recommit to committee agreed to
- 02/11/20 Senate: Recommitted to Judiciary
- 02/12/20 Senate: Left in Judiciary