Immunity of persons at public hearing; attorney fees and costs. (SB401)

Introduced By

Sen. Ghazala Hashmi (D-Midlothian) with support from co-patron Sen. Adam Ebbin (D-Alexandria)

Progress

✓	Introduced
✓	Passed Committee
☐	Passed House
✓	Passed Senate
☐	Signed by Governor
☐	Became Law

Description

Immunity of persons at public hearing; attorney fees; costs. Allows for the award of reasonable attorney fees and costs to any person who has a subpoena against him quashed in an action for statements made at a public hearing before the governing body of a locality or other local entity when he is immune from liability for such statements. Current law provides for the award of attorney fees and costs upon the dismissal of such an action. Read the Bill »

Status

02/21/2020: In Subcommittee

History

Date	Action
01/07/2020	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
01/07/2020	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100737D
01/07/2020	Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
01/08/2020	Moved from Courts of Justice to Judiciary due to a change of the committee name
01/24/2020	Assigned Juciciary sub: Civil Law
01/24/2020	Assigned Judiciary sub: Civil Law
02/05/2020	Reported from Judiciary (14-Y 1-N) (see vote tally)
02/07/2020	Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/10/2020	Read second time and engrossed
02/11/2020	Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 1-N) (see vote tally)
02/14/2020	Placed on Calendar
02/14/2020	Read first time
02/14/2020	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
02/21/2020	Assigned Courts sub: Civil