HI SB2146 | 2014 | Regular Session

Status

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-1)
Status: Introduced on January 16 2014 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2014-01-17 - Referred to JDL.
Pending: Senate Judiciary and Labor Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Summary

Provides for evidence of child victims of serious crimes to be admitted into evidence through recorded interview provided interview is made around time of initial complaint; provides for the child to be made available for cross-examination; provides for exclusion of evidence that is elicited through leading questions by law enforcement; intended to lessen re-traumatization of child victims and minimize of loss of evidence from young children victims.

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Title

Video evidence of child victims

Sponsors


History

DateChamberAction
2014-01-17SenateReferred to JDL.
2014-01-16SenatePassed First Reading.
2014-01-16SenateIntroduced.

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