S1066 GENERAL BILL by Aronberg; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Deutch (Identical H 0949,
Compare S 1900)
Foreign Defamation Judgments/Nonrecognition [SPSC]; Provides that an
out-of-country foreign judgment need not be recognized if the cause of
action resulted in a defamation judgment obtained in a jurisdiction
outside the United States, unless a court in this state first determines
that the defamation law applied in the foreign court's adjudication
provided at least as much protection for freedom of speech and press as
would be provided in this state, etc. EFFECTIVE DATE: 07/01/2009.
01/29/09 SENATE Filed
02/05/09 SENATE Referred to Judiciary; Rules
03/03/09 SENATE Introduced, referred to Judiciary; Rules -SJ 00066
04/08/09 SENATE On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 04/15/09, 3:00 pm, 110-S
04/15/09 SENATE Favorable by Judiciary; YEAS 8 NAYS 0 -SJ 00395
04/16/09 SENATE Now in Rules -SJ 00395
04/23/09 SENATE Withdrawn from Rules -SJ 00485; Placed on Calendar, on 2nd
reading
04/28/09 SENATE Placed on Special Order Calendar
04/29/09 SENATE Placed on Special Order Calendar; Substituted HB 949
-SJ 00827; Laid on Table, Link/Iden/Sim/Compare passed, refer
to HB 949 (Ch. 2009-232) -SJ 00827
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