Georgia House Bill 656 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: Introduced on April 14 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2012-01-09 - House Second Readers
Pending: House Judiciary - Non-Civil Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 1 of Article 2 of Chapter 9 of Title 24 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to privilege of witnesses, so as to provide for confidentiality of communications between a family violence or sexual assault victim and agents providing services to such victims at family violence shelters and rape crisis centers; to provide for definitions; to provide for a waiver of confidentiality; to provide for admissibility of certain information; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Privilege of witnesses; confidentiality of communications; provide

Rep. Mike Jacobs [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-01-09		House Second Readers
2011-04-14		House First Readers

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/34565
Text	http://www1.legis.ga.gov/legis/2011_12/versions/hb656_LC_29_4859ER_a_2.htm