l9n/ Oregon

2019 Regular Session

House Bill 3249

Provides that client has right to privately communicate with lawyer and representative of lawyer.

Became law as Chapter 169, Oregon Laws 2019, signed May 24, 2019, 81 days after it was filed. In force from January 1, 2020.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislative Assembly published with the bill.

Provides that client has right to privately communicate with lawyer and representative of lawyer. Provides that evidence derived from<b> privileged</b> confidential communication is inadmissible in certain proceedings if confidential communication was obtained or disclosed without consent of client. <i>Requires local correctional facilities and prisons to maintain one log for lawyers and representatives of lawyers visiting inmates and one log for all other persons visiting inmates. Requires all visitors to sign appropriate log. Provides that, unless exception applies, log for lawyers and representatives of lawyers is confidential, not subject to disclosure as public record and not subject to subpoena. Requires suppression of evidence derived from unlawful disclosure of log for lawyers and representatives of lawyers.</i>].

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

Its course

March 4 to June 10, 2019, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

Every action20 actions on 19 days

In the House of RepresentativesMar 4 to Apr 2451 days

Waiting for a committeeMar 4 to Mar 117 days

JudiciaryMar 11 to Apr 1939 days

In the SenateApr 24 to May 1622 days

Waiting for a committeeApr 24 to Apr 262 days

JudiciaryApr 26 to May 1418 days

With the GovernorMay 16 to May 248 days

Votes

Yeas to nays, as the Legislative Assembly recorded them. Committee votes are set in.

  • House of Representatives, third reading56–0

    Passed · Apr 24 · 4 present

  • Senate, third reading28–0

    Passed · May 16 · 2 present

Amendments

Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

  • House of Representatives committee amendmentAdopted

    Adopted Apr 19

Text

Each version as the Legislative Assembly printed it.

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What happened

In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislative Assembly published it is below.

In the House of Representatives Mar 4 – Apr 24

  1. Introduced
  2. Sent to Judiciary
  3. Heard in Judiciary
  4. Heard in Judiciary
  5. Judiciary recommended it as amended
  6. Read a second time
  7. Passed the House of Representatives, 56 to 0

In the Senate Apr 25 – May 16

  1. Arrived in the Senate
  2. Sent to Judiciary
  3. Heard in Judiciary
  4. Heard in Judiciary
  5. Judiciary recommended it
  6. Read a second time
  7. Passed the Senate, 28 to 0

To the Governor May 17 – Jun 10

  1. Signed in the House of Representatives
  2. Signed in the Senate
  3. Signed by the Governor
  4. Became chapter 169 of Oregon Laws 2019, in force from January 1, 2020
All 20 actions, as published