File Code: Civil Actions and Procedures
Crossfiled with: SENATE BILL 382
- Sponsored By:
-
Delegates Anderson, Barkley, Dwyer, Kelly, McConkey, and Rosenberg
- Entitled:
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Civil Liability - AMBER Alert Dissemination - Immunity for Media and Commercial
Mobile Radio Service Providers
Establishing that specified broadcasters and commercial mobile radio
service providers and their employees, officers, directors, members,
managers, and agents are not liable for damages arising from
broadcasting or disseminating an AMBER alert after receiving an AMBER
alert notification if the broadcast or dissemination was fair and
substantially accurate.
House Action
- 2/6
- First Reading Judiciary
- 2/7
- Hearing 2/20 at 1:00 p.m.
- 3/5
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary
- 3/6
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 3/8
- Third Reading Passed (137-0)
- 4/1
- House Refuses to Concur - Senate Amendments
- House Requests Senate Recede
- Conference Committee Appointed ...
- Delegates Simmons, Kramer, and Anderson
Senate Action
- 3/9
- First Reading Judicial Proceedings
- 3/26
- Hearing 3/29 at 1:00 p.m.
- 4/3
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings
- 3/31
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 4/1
- Third Reading Passed with Amendments (47-0)
- 4/2
- Senate Refuses to Recede
- Conference Committee Appointed ...
- Senators Raskin, Forehand, and Jacobs
Sponsored by:
- Delegate Curt Anderson, District 43
- Delegate Charles Barkley, District 39
- Delegate Donald H. Dwyer, Jr., District 31
- Delegate Kevin Kelly, District 1B
- Delegate Tony McConkey, District 33A
- Delegate Samuel I. Rosenberg, District 41
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- Abduction
- Civil Actions -see also- Small Claims
- Liability -see also- Good Samaritan
- Minors -see also- Age of Majority; Youth
- News Media
- Notices
- Radio
- Telecommunications -see also- Telephones
- Television -see also- Cable Television
Bill affects the following Statutes:
- Courts and Judicial Proceedings
- (
5-642
)
- Public Safety
- (
1-301
)
- Bill Text (Displayed in PDF Format):
First Reading,
Third Reading, Enrolled
- Fiscal and Policy Note (Displayed in PDF Format):
Available
- Amendments (Displayed in PDF Format):
House
- Number: 592115/01 Offered on: March 6, 2007 at:
10:15 a.m. Status: Adopted
Senate
- Number: 898776/01 Offered on: April 4, 2007 at:
11:29 a.m. Status: Adopted
- Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
House
- March 8, 2007: Third Reading Passed (137-0)
Senate
- April 1, 2007: Third Reading Passed (47-0)
