VA HB2199 | 2011 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 12 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-02-08 - House: Left in Courts of Justice
Pending: House Courts of Justice Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]
Status: Introduced on January 12 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-02-08 - House: Left in Courts of Justice
Pending: House Courts of Justice Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]
Summary
Journalists as witnesses. Prohibits a body with the authority to issue a subpoena or other compulsory process from compelling a journalist to testify regarding or to produce or disclose in an official proceeding any confidential or nonconfidential information, document, or item obtained or prepared while the person was acting as a journalist or to produce or disclose in an official proceeding the source of any such material. The bill prohibits a subpoena or other compulsory process from compelling the parent, subsidiary, division, or affiliate of a communication service provider or news medium to disclose the information, documents, or items, or the source of such material, that is privileged from disclosure under the provisions of the bill. The bill further authorizes a court, in limited circumstances, to compel a journalist, a journalist's employer, or a person with an independent contract with a journalist to testify regarding or to produce or disclose any information, document, or item or the source of any such material obtained while the person was acting as a journalist.
Title
Journalists; prohibits a body authority to issue a subpoena to testify regarding any information.
Sponsors
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
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2011-02-08 | House: Left in Courts of Justice | |
2011-01-26 | House: Subcommittee recommends passing by with letter by voice vote | |
2011-01-18 | House: Assigned Courts sub: #2 Civil | |
2011-01-12 | House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice | |
2011-01-12 | House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/11 11103686D |
Subjects
Code Citations
Chapter | Article | Section | Citation Type | Statute Text |
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19 | 2 | 282.1 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
19 | 2 | 282.8 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
2 | 2 | 4022.1 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
8 | 01 | 410.1 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
Virginia State Sources
Type | Source |
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Summary | https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2199 |
Text | https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+ful+HB2199+hil |