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SB 794: Underage Witness Protection

GENERAL BILL by Saunders

Underage Witness Protection; provides that discussion or activity that is not a meeting for purposes of specified provision does not waive attorney-client privilege; requires judge to protect witness under specific age during interrogation & to restrict unnecessary repetition of questions; requires that questions be stated in form appropriate to age & understanding of witness. Amends 90.502,.612.

Effective Date: 07/01/2000
Last Action: 6/19/2000 - Approved by Governor; Chapter No. 2000-316
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Bill History

Date	Chamber	Action
12/15/1999	Senate	• Prefiled
1/3/2000	Senate	• Referred to Judiciary
1/11/2000	Senate	• On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 01/19/00, 1:00 pm, 110-S
1/19/2000	Senate	• Comm. Action:-Favorable by Judiciary; YEAS 5 NAYS 0
1/20/2000	Senate	• Placed on Calendar
3/7/2000	Senate	• Introduced, referred to Judiciary -SJ 00050; On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 01/19/00, 1:00 pm, 110-S; Comm. Action:-Favorable by Judiciary; YEAS 5 NAYS 0 -SJ 00009; Placed on Calendar -SJ 00009
4/5/2000	Senate	• Placed on Special Order Calendar -SJ 00369
4/6/2000	Senate	• Placed on Special Order Calendar -SJ 00390
4/11/2000	Senate	• Placed on Special Order Calendar -SJ 00406
4/12/2000	Senate	• Placed on Special Order Calendar -SJ 00420; Read second time -SJ 00440
4/18/2000	Senate	• Read third time -SJ 00454; Passed; YEAS 40 NAYS 0 -SJ 00454; Immediately certified -SJ 00454
4/18/2000	House	• In Messages
5/5/2000	House	• Received -HJ 01736; Read second time -HJ 01736; Amendment(s) adopted -HJ 01736; Read third time -HJ 01736; Passed as amended; YEAS 115 NAYS 0 -HJ 01736
5/5/2000	Senate	• In returning messages; Concurred -SJ 01749; Passed as amended; YEAS 36 NAYS 0 -SJ 01749; Ordered engrossed, then enrolled -SJ 01749
6/6/2000		• Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
6/19/2000		• Approved by Governor; Chapter No. 2000-316

Related Bills

Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location
H 1107	Underage Witness Protection	Wiles	Similar	Last Action: 5/5/2000 H Died on Calendar, Iden./Sim./Compare Bill(s) passed, refer to SB 794 (Ch. 2000-316)
H 2083	Lawyer-client Privilege	Smith	Compare	Last Action: 5/5/2000 H Died on Calendar, Iden./Sim./Compare Bill(s) passed, refer to SB 794 (Ch. 2000-316)
S 1620 (c1)	Lawyer-client Privilege	Diaz-Balart	Compare	Last Action: 5/5/2000 S Died on Calendar, Iden./Sim./Compare Bill(s) passed, refer to SB 794 (Ch. 2000-316)
S 2048 (c1)	Evidence/Hearsay Exception	Klein	Compare	Last Action: 5/5/2000 S Died on Calendar, Iden./Sim./Compare Bill(s) passed, refer to SB 794 (Ch. 2000-316)