MA S861 | 2015-2016 | 189th General Court

Note: Legislation replaced by S2204

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on April 15 2015 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2016-04-04 - Accompanied a study order, see S2204
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Summary

For legislation to allow the recording of conversations to reflect federal law whereby a party to a conversation may record it without prior consent as long as the recording is not done with criminal or tortious intent. The Judiciary.

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Title

To allow the recording of conversations to reflect federal law whereby a party to a conversation may record it without prior consent as long as the recording is not done with criminal or tortious intent

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History

DateChamberAction
2016-04-04SenateAccompanied a study order, see S2204
2015-09-10JointHearing scheduled for 09/16/2015 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-2
2015-04-15HouseHouse concurred
2015-04-15SenateReferred to the Joint Committee on The Judiciary

Same As/Similar To

S2204 (Replaced by) 2016-06-13 - Reported (in part) by S812
S883 (Similar To) 2016-05-19 - Accompanied a new draft, see H4313
S653 (Similar To) 2016-01-19 - Accompanied a new draft, see S2102
S771 (Similar To) 2016-04-04 - Accompanied a study order, see S2204
H1640 (Similar To) 2016-10-24 - Accompanied a study order, see H4706
S654 (Similar To) 2016-04-07 - Accompanied a study order, see S2214

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