Administrative and civil proceedings; protected information, newspersons engaged in journalism.
Summary
Protected information in administrative andcivil proceedings; newspersons engaged in journalism. Expandsthe protected information privilege for newspersons to administrativeand civil proceedings. Under current law, a newsperson engaged injournalism shall not be compelled by the Commonwealth or a localityto testify about, disclose, or produce protected information, withcertain exceptions, in criminal proceedings only.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2024
Committee Review
Feb 2024
Senate Passage
Mar 2024
House of Delegates Passage
Mar 2024
Signed into Law
Apr 2024
Introduced Jan 9, 2024
Signed Apr 5, 2024
Floor votes · Senate Feb 12, 2024 · House of Delegates Feb 28, 2024
How they voted
40–0
Passed
Total votes 40
Feb 12, 2024
D
Democratic21
100% Yea
R
Republican19
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
29
Key actions
14
Committee
7
Amendments
3
Apr 5, 2024
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 589 (effective 7/1/24)
executive
Mar 7, 2024
Upper · Passed
Signed by President
upper
Mar 6, 2024
Lower · Passed
Signed by Speaker
lower
Mar 6, 2024
Upper · Passed
Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB321ER)
upper
Mar 1, 2024
Upper · Passed
House amendments agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 28, 2024
Lower · Passed
VOTE: Passage (71-Y 28-N)
lower
Feb 28, 2024
Lower · Passed
Passed House with amendments (71-Y 28-N)
lower
Feb 28, 2024
Introduced
Engrossed by House as amended
lower
Feb 28, 2024
Lower · Passed
Passed by temporarily
lower
Feb 28, 2024
Lower · Passed
Committee amendments agreed to
lower
Feb 23, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) (11-Y 10-N)
lower
Feb 16, 2024
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (5-Y 3-N)
lower
Feb 15, 2024
Committee
Assigned Courts sub: Civil
lower
Feb 15, 2024
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
lower
Feb 12, 2024
Upper · Passed
Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 7, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported from Courts of Justice (10-Y 5-N)
upper
Jan 10, 2024
Upper · Passed
Moved from Judiciary to Courts of Justice due to a change of the committee name
upper
Jan 9, 2024
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Danica Roem
DDemocratic
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