File Code: Criminal Law - Procedure
- Sponsored By:
-
Delegates Shewell, Bartlett, Cluster, Cryor, Dumais, Eckardt,
Edwards, Elmore, Glassman, Hogan, Krebs, Mayer, McKee, Miller, Shank,
Stull, and Weldon
- Entitled:
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Marriage - Confidential Communications - Child Abuse or Sexual Crime
Involving a Minor Victim
Providing that a spouse is competent to disclose a confidential
communication between the spouses occurring during their marriage
regarding the commission of child abuse or specified sexual crimes
involving a minor victim and may be compelled to testify as an adverse
witness at a trial involving such charges.
House Action
- 1/19
- First Reading Judiciary
- 1/25
- Hearing 2/7 at 1:00 p.m.
Senate Action
- No Action
Sponsored by:
- Delegate Tanya T. Shewell, District 5A
- Delegate Joseph R. Bartlett, District 4A
- Delegate John W. E. Cluster, Jr., District 8
- Delegate Jean B. Cryor, District 15
- Delegate Kathleen M. Dumais, District 15
- Delegate Adelaide C. Eckardt, District 37B
- Delegate George C. Edwards, District 1A
- Delegate D. Page Elmore, District 38A
- Delegate Barry Glassman, District 35A
- Delegate Patrick N. Hogan, District 3A
- Delegate Susan W. Krebs, District 9B
- Delegate Wm. Daniel Mayer, District 28
- Delegate Robert A. McKee, District 2A
- Delegate Warren E. Miller, District 9A
- Delegate Christopher B. Shank, District 2B
- Delegate Paul S. Stull, District 4A
- Delegate Richard B. Weldon, Jr., District 3B
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT
- EVIDENCE
- FAMILY LAW -see also- ADOPTION; ANNULMENT; DIVORCE; etc
- MARRIAGE
- MINORS -see also- AGE OF MAJORITY; YOUTH
- PRIVACY
- SEXUAL OFFENSES
- TRIALS
- WITNESSES
Bill affects the following Statutes:
- Courts and Judicial Proceedings
- (
9-105 ,
9-106
)
- Bill Text (Displayed in PDF Format):
First Reading,
Third Reading, Enrolled
- Fiscal Note (Displayed in PDF Format):
Available
- Amendments:
None offered