1997 Regular Session

HOUSE BILL 13

File Code: Civil Actions and Procedures
Sponsored By:
Delegate Taylor and Chairman, Judiciary Committee (Family Violence Council), and Delegates Dewberry, Hurson, Arnick, Busch, Curran, Harrison, Hixson, Kopp, Menes, Owings, and Rawlings
Entitled:
Evidence - Assault Trials - Spousal Privilege - Record of Assertion

Synopsis:

Requiring that the clerk of the court make and maintain a separate record if the spouse of a person on trial for assault in which the spouse was a victim refuses to testify; specifying the contents of the record; and providing that the record is not subject to expungement.

Legislative History

House Action
10/28
Pre-filed
1/8
First Reading Judiciary
1/29
Hearing 2/11 at 1:00 p.m.
2/10
Hearing cancelled
Senate Action
No Action
Sponsored by:
Delegate Casper R. Taylor, Jr., District 1C
Delegate Michael Erin Busch, District 30
Delegate Gerald J. Curran, District 43
Delegate Thomas E. Dewberry, District 47B
Delegate Hattie N. Harrison, District 45
Delegate Sheila Ellis Hixson, District 20
Delegate John Adams Hurson, District 18
Chairman, Judiciary Comm.
Delegate Nancy K. Kopp, District 16
Delegate Pauline H. Menes, District 21
Delegate George W. Owings, III, District 27B
Delegate Howard P. Rawlings, District 40
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
ASSAULT
CLERKS OF COURT
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
RECORDS -see also- RCDNGS; LAND RCDS; VITAL RCDS; CRIM BKGD.
TRIALS
WITNESSES
Bill affects the following Statute:
Courts and Judicial Proceedings
( 9-106 )

Documents:

Bill Text:
First Reading (PDF), Third Reading, Enrolled
Fiscal Note: Available (PDF)