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CS/CS/HB 475: Public Records/Identity of Witness to a Murder

PUBLIC RECORDS/GENERAL BILL by Government Operations Subcommittee ; Criminal Justice Subcommittee ; Narain ; Stafford ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) DuBose ; Eagle ; Latvala ; Lee ; Pilon ; Powell ; Watson, B.

Public Records/Identity of Witness to a Murder; Provides exemption from public records requirements for personal identifying information of witness to murder for specified period; authorizes specified entities to receive information; provides for future legislative review & repeal of exemption; provides that public records exemption applies to personal identifying information of witness to murder that is made part of court file; provides statement of public necessity.

Effective Date: 7/1/2016
Last Action: 3/11/2016 House - Died in Judiciary Committee
Bill Text: PDF



Bill History

Date Chamber Action
10/29/2015 House • Filed
11/5/2015 House • Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee; Government Operations Subcommittee; Judiciary Committee -HJ 42
1/12/2016 House • Introduced -HJ 41
1/14/2016 House • PCS on Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice Subcommittee, 01/19/16, 4:00 pm, Sumner Hall
1/19/2016 House • CS by Criminal Justice Subcommittee; YEAS 11 NAYS 0 -HJ 251
1/21/2016 House • Pending review of CS under Rule 7.19(c)
• CS by Criminal Justice Subcommittee read 1st time -HJ 246
1/22/2016 House • Now in Government Operations Subcommittee -HJ 256
• On Committee agenda-- Government Operations Subcommittee, 01/26/16, 9:00 am, Webster Hall
1/26/2016 House • CS/CS by Government Operations Subcommittee; YEAS 13 NAYS 0 -HJ 334
2/1/2016 House • Pending review of CS under Rule 7.19(c)
• CS/CS by Government Operations Subcommittee read 1st time -HJ 327
2/2/2016 House • Now in Judiciary Committee -HJ 362
3/11/2016 House • Died in Judiciary Committee