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Protected information; newspersons engaged in journalism, definitions.

It became law on Apr 6, 2020.

VA HB 113 · House Bill · 2020

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Became law
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Sponsors
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Latest action
Apr 6, 2020

What it does

Protected information; newspersons engaged in journalism. Provides that no newsperson engaged in journalism shall be compelled by the Commonwealth or a locality in any criminal proceeding to testify about, disclose, or produce protected information, as defined in the bill, except when the court finds that (i) the protected information is necessary to the proof of an issue material to an administrative or criminal proceeding; (ii) the protected information is not obtainable from any alternative source; (iii) the Commonwealth or locality exhausted all reasonable methods for obtaining the protected information from all relevant alternative sources, if applicable; and (iv) there is an…

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Where it stands

This bill passed and is now law.

  1. Introduced (Done)

  2. Committee (Done)

  3. Floor (Done)

  4. Law (Done)

    Apr 6, 2020

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Where it goes next

It is law in Virginia. What happens now is up to the agency that carries it out, the courts, and the place itself.

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