Admissibility of statements of a deceased or incompetent party; hearsay exception.
Summary
Admissibility of statements of a deceased orincompetent party; hearsay exception. Provides that statements made by a deceased or incompetent party when such party was competentshall not be excluded as inadmissible hearsay, provided that suchstatements are relevant and otherwise admissible. Under current law,such statements are admissible provided that they are relevant. Thisbill is a recommendation of the Boyd-Graves Conference.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2020
Committee Review
Feb 2020
Senate Passage
Feb 2020
House of Delegates Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 7, 2020
Last action Feb 12, 2020
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate. No roll call record of that vote is available.
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
12
Key actions
4
Committee
6
Feb 11, 2020
Committee
Recommitted to Judiciary
upper
Feb 11, 2020
Upper · Passed
Motion to recommit to committee agreed to
upper
Feb 10, 2020
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day
upper
Feb 5, 2020
Upper · Passed
Reported from Judiciary with substitute (9-Y 6-N)
upper
Jan 24, 2020
Committee
Assigned Judiciary sub: Civil Law
upper
Jan 8, 2020
Upper · Passed
Moved from Courts of Justice to Judiciary due to a change of the committee name
upper
Jan 7, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
upper
Jan 7, 2020
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102382D
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
JE
John Edwards
DDemocratic
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