WV SB147 | 2012 | Regular Session

Status

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: Introduced on January 11 2012 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2012-01-11 - To Judiciary
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Summary

The purpose of this bill is to make express that the evidentiary provisions of wiretapping laws apply to proceedings before family courts and to qualify cellular telephone communications, including texting, as confidential and neither admissible nor subject to discovery in civil proceedings.

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Title

Providing wiretapping evidentiary provisions apply to family court; cellular phone communication confidentiality

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History

DateChamberAction
2012-01-11 To Judiciary
2012-01-11 Introduced in Senate
2012-01-11 To Judiciary
2012-01-11 Filed for introduction

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Code Citations

ChapterArticleSectionCitation TypeStatute Text
512A8Amended CodeCitation Text
621D6Amended CodeCitation Text

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