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HOUSE BILL 869

CHAPTER NUMBER: 381
File Code: Criminal Law - Procedure
Crossfiled with: SENATE BILL 271

Sponsored By:
Delegates Carter and Vallario (By Request - Committee to Revise Article 27 - Crimes and Punishments) and Delegates Anderson, Barnes, Conaway, Frank, Lee, McComas, Oaks, Rosenberg, Shank, Simmons, and Smigiel

Entitled:
Admissibility of Evidence - Intercepted Communications - Electronic

Synopsis:

Repealing a provision of law excluding a specified radio portion of telephone communications from a definition of "electronic communication"; prohibiting the admissibility of the contents of an intercepted electronic communication or information derived from an intercepted electronic communication as evidence in specified proceedings if the disclosure of the communication or information would be in violation of specified provisions of law; etc.

History by Legislative and Calendar Date

Legislative date is used to record history occuring in the Chambers otherwise Calendar date is used. Explain Legislative Date and Calendar Date
House Action
2/6
First Reading Judiciary
Hearing 3/4 at 1:00 p.m.
2/8
Hearing cancelled
Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m.
3/17
Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary
3/15
Favorable with Amendments
Special Order later today (Delegate Vallario) Adopted
Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
Second Reading Passed with Amendments
3/16
Third Reading Passed (135-0)
3/28
Returned Passed
Senate Action
3/20
First Reading Judicial Proceedings
3/31
Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings
3/29
Favorable Report Adopted
Second Reading Passed
3/30
Third Reading Passed (47-0)
Action after passage in House and Senate
5/13
Approved by the Governor
- Chapter 381

Sponsored by:

Delegate Jill P. Carter, District 41
Delegate Curt Anderson, District 43
Delegate Ben Barnes, District 21
Delegate Frank M. Conaway, Jr., District 40
Delegate William J. Frank, District 42
Delegate Susan C. Lee, District 16
Delegate Susan K. McComas, District 35B
Delegate Nathaniel T. Oaks, District 41
Committee to Revise Article 27
Delegate Samuel I. Rosenberg, District 41
Delegate Christopher B. Shank, District 2B
Delegate Luiz R. S. Simmons, District 17
Delegate Michael D. Smigiel, Sr., District 36
Delegate Joseph F. Vallario, Jr., District 27A

Bill indexed under the following Subjects:

Courts -see also- Circuit; Appeals; District; Orphans`; etc.
Evidence
Telecommunications -see also- Telephones
Wiretapping

Bill affects the following Statutes:

Courts and Judicial Proceedings
( 10-401 , 10-405 )

Documents:

Bill Text (Displayed in PDF Format): First Reading, Third Reading, Enrolled, Chapter

Fiscal and Policy Note (Displayed in PDF Format): Available

Amendments (Displayed in PDF Format):
House
Number: 662912/01     Offered on: March 18, 2008   at: 11:36 a.m.     Status: Adopted

Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
House
March 16, 2008: Third Reading Passed (135-0)
Senate
March 30, 2008: Third Reading Passed (47-0)



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