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2024 SESSION
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)