Maryland House Bill 370 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Introduced on January 23 2014 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2014-03-13 - Unfavorable Report by Judiciary
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Prohibiting a judge from issuing a summons directing a witness to attend and testify in court outside the State if the witness is a specified member of the news media and the judge finds the laws of the state in which the prosecution is pending regarding privileged communications with the news media do not protect the witness in a way similar to those provided in Maryland, and the likelihood exists that the witness will be directed to disclose the name of a confidential source or be held in contempt of court.

Uniform Act to Secure the Attendance of Witnesses From Without the State in Criminal Proceedings - News Media Privilege

Del. Samuel Rosenberg [D]

Del. Luiz Simmons [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-03-13	House	Unfavorable Report by Judiciary
2014-02-18	House	Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m.
2014-01-23	House	First Reading Judiciary

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/HB0370?ys=2014rs
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2014RS/bills/hb/hb0370f.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2014RS/fnotes/bil_0000/hb0370.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2014RS/votes_comm/hb0370_jud.pdf