Relating to the admissibility of evidence in a prosecution for physical abuse or a sexual offense upon or against a child, person with an intellectual disability, person with a cognitive impairment, or person with a developmental disability

Where it is now

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   Done: IntroducedJanuary 11, 2022
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   Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 11, 2022
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   Done: House committeeJanuary 31, 2022
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   Done: Passes the HouseFebruary 23, 202297–0
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   Skipped: Senate committeeSkipped
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   Done: Passes the SenateMarch 8, 202247–0
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   Stopped: To the GovernorDied when the General Assembly ended
8. Next: Signed into law

Died when the session ended The 2022 session adjourned on May 24, 2022, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?

Amendments · 6

4 adopted · 0 failed · 1 never voted on. Newest first.

• H-8160Strike everything · filed March 8, 2022 by

  AI summary This amendment replaces the entire bill and adds rules regarding spousal privilege and confidential communications between spouses. It also establishes that certain out-of-court statements made by children or people with specific disabilities can be used as evidence in physical abuse or sexual offense cases if certain reliability requirements are met. Its wording →
  Never voted on
• S-5041Strike everything · filed March 7, 2022 by Sen. Tom Shipley (R)

  AI summary This amendment replaces the entire bill and adds rules regarding spousal privilege and confidential communications between husbands and wives. It also establishes that certain out-of-court statements made by victims of physical or sexual abuse can be used as evidence if the victim is a child or a person with certain disabilities and meets specific reliability requirements. Its wording →
  Adopted
  March 8, 2022
• S-5040Strike everything · filed March 7, 2022 by Sen. Tom Shipley (R)

  AI summary This amendment replaces the entire bill and focuses only on how certain statements can be used as evidence in cases of physical abuse or sexual offenses against children or people with disabilities. It allows victims or others to testify about the victim's initial reports of an offense, provided the victim also testifies at trial and the court finds the statements are reliable. Its wording →

  Amends this SF 2329 to CONFORM to HF 2221
  Adopted
  March 8, 2022
• S-5015 · filed February 22, 2022 by Sen. Tom Shipley (R)

  AI summary This amendment adds a rule stating that the bill's restrictions do not prevent evidence from being used if a person loses their right to keep information private because they acted wrongly to prevent it from being used. Its wording →
  Ruled out of order
  March 8, 2022
• H-8060 · filed February 22, 2022 by

  AI summary This amendment adds a rule stating that the bill does not prevent evidence from being used if it is admitted because a defendant's wrongdoing caused the evidence to be lost or unavailable. Its wording →
  Adopted
  February 23, 2022
• H-8056 · filed February 22, 2022 by

  AI summary This amendment changes which out-of-court statements can be used as evidence. It allows the victim to testify about their own initial statements regarding the offense, and it also allows other people to testify about the victim's initial statements regarding physical abuse or sexual offenses. Its wording →
  Adopted
  February 23, 2022