Current law requires a party seeking to enforce a subpoena against a newsperson to establish 3 elements by a preponderance of the evidence.
The bill changes the standard to clear and convincing evidence and requires the party to show the following 4 elements: • The information was not obtained in confidence; • The information is highly material and relevant; • The information is critical to a material issue; and • The information is not obtainable from another source.
Year
2014
Current status
- 01/27/2014 - Senate Committee on Judiciary Postpone Indefinitely
- 01/15/2014 - Senate Committee on Judiciary Witness Testimony and/or Committee Discussion Only
- 01/08/2014 - Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary
