Protected information; newspersons engaged in journalism, definitions.
It became law on Apr 6, 2020.
- Stage
- Became law
- Started in
- House
- Sponsors
- +22
- 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…
Where it stands
This bill passed and is now law.
Introduced (Done)
Committee (Done)
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What moved
Who is involved
Sponsors
The lawmakers who put their names on it, lead sponsors first.
- Danica Roem
- Alfonso Lopez
- Charniele Herring
- Chris Collins-Resigned 6/28/20
- Chris L. Hurst
- Cia Price
- Clint Jenkins
- David Reid
- Dawn Adams
- Hala S. Ayala
- Ibraheem S. Samirah
- Jason S. Miyares
- Josh Cole
- Karrie Delaney
- Kaye Kory
- Lee Ware
- Marcus Simon
- Mark H. Levine
- Mark L. Keam
- Martha M. Mugler
- Michael P. Mullin
- Patrick Hope
- Paul Krizek
- Rod Willett
- Sam Rasoul
- Shelly Simonds
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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.