Virginia House Bill 67 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on December 28 2009 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2010-01-22 - House: Incorporated by Courts of Justice (HB14-Marshall, R.G.) by voice vote
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Domestic relations; self-incrimination; adverse inference. Provides that in actions filed on or after July 1, 2010, for spousal support, custody, or visitation under Title 16.1 or for divorce or separate maintenance filed under Title 20, the court may draw an adverse inference against any party or witness who refuses to answer a question regarding conduct constituting adultery, sodomy, or buggery outside of marriage, or fornication on the ground that the testimony might be self-incriminating.

Domestic relations cases; witness refusal to answer question on ground that it may self-incriminate.

Del. David Toscano [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2010-01-22		House: Incorporated by Courts of Justice (HB14-Marshall, R.G.) by voice vote
2010-01-18		House: Subcommittee recommends incorporating (HB14-Marshall, R.G.) by voice vote
2010-01-15		House: Assigned Courts sub: Civil
2009-12-28		House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2009-12-28		House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/10 10101353D

HB14 (Similar To) 2010-02-22 - Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (12-Y 3-N)

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
8	01	223.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?101+sum+HB67
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?101+ful+HB67+hil