2003 Regular Session

SENATE BILL 149

File Code: Civil Actions and Procedures Prior Year Introduction As: SB 185/02 - JPR Crossfiled with: HOUSE BILL 340
Sponsored By:
Senators Kelley, Conway, Currie, Forehand, Giannetti, Gladden, Grosfeld, Hughes, Jacobs, Jones, Lawlah, McFadden, Ruben, and Stone
Entitled:
Courts - Right of Party to Be Present at Trial

Synopsis:

Providing that, absent a voluntary waiver, a party to a judicial action may not be excluded from the trial except to preserve decorum or to continue the orderly proceedings of the court; providing that this right may not be abridged by specified rule or regulation of the court as issued by the Court of Appeals; and stating the intent of the General Assembly that a party to a judicial action has a fundamental right to be present at the trial of that action, notwithstanding the party's disability.

History by Legislative Date

Senate Action
1/24
First Reading Judicial Proceedings
2/5
Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m.
3/11
Unfavorable Report by Judicial Proceedings
House Action
No Action
Sponsored by:
Senator Delores G. Kelley, District 10
Senator Joan Carter Conway, District 43
Senator Ulysses Currie, District 25
Senator Jennie M. Forehand, District 17
Senator John A. Giannetti, Jr., District 21
Senator Lisa A. Gladden, District 41
Senator Sharon M. Grosfeld, District 18
Senator Ralph M. Hughes, District 40
Senator Nancy Jacobs, District 34
Senator Verna L. Jones, District 44
Senator Gloria Lawlah, District 26
Senator Nathaniel J. McFadden, District 45
Senator Ida G. Ruben, District 20
Senator Norman R. Stone, Jr., District 6
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
CIVIL ACTIONS -see also- SMALL CLAIMS
COURT OF APPEALS
COURTS -see also- CIRCUIT; APPEALS; DISTRICT; ORPHANS'; etc.
DISABILITIES -see also- BLIND; DEAF; DEVELOPMENTAL
DISCRIMINATION
HUMAN RIGHTS
RULES AND REGULATIONS
TRIALS
Bill affects the following Statutes:
Courts and Judicial Proceedings
( 1-201 , 6-411 )

Documents:

Bill Text: First Reading (PDF), Third Reading, Enrolled
Fiscal Note: Available (PDF)
Amendments: None offered