S 1431 General Bill, By I.E. Lourie, Courson, Holland, Matthews, McConnell, T.W. Mitchell, J.V. Smith, Thomas, Washington and Wilson
    A Bill to amend the Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, by adding Section 19-11-100 so as to create an absolute privilege against compelled testimony and production of documents for a person engaged in gathering and disseminating news for the public when sources of the information have been assured confidentiality and to create a qualified privilege when confidentiality has not been assured and certain criteria are met.
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03/26/92	Senate	Introduced and read first time SJ-6
03/26/92	Senate	Referred to Committee on Judiciary SJ-7
05/20/92	Senate	Committee report: Majority favorable with amend., minority unfavorable Judiciary SJ-17