NEWS MEDIA

Status of Legislation
Total number of Bills: 4

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  HB 81

  Status as of February 20, 2006: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Smigiel

  Entitled

  Criminal Procedure - Media Coverage of Criminal Proceedings

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  HB 389

  Status as of April 8, 2006: Bill is in the Senate - Third Reading Passed with Amendments

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Petzold, Anderson, Bronrott, Dumais, Dwyer, Kelly, King, Madaleno, Mandel, McComas, McMillan, Menes, Quinter, Rosenberg, Sophocleus, and Zirkin

  Entitled

  Civil Liability - AMBER Alert Dissemination - Immunity for Media and Commercial Mobile Radio Service Providers

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  Senate: Judicial Proceedings

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  HB 1238

  Status as of May 16, 2006: Became Law - Chapter 487

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Arnick

  Entitled

  Environment - Newspapers - Recycled Content Percentage Requirement

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

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  SB 346

  Status as of May 26, 2006: Vetoed by the Governor - Duplicative

  Sponsored By

  Senator Dyson

  Entitled

  Environment - Newspapers - Recycled Content Percentage Requirement

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  House: Environmental Matters