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AR SB772
Bill
Status
Passed
3/30/2011
Primary Sponsor
Jake Files
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AI Summary
- Amends Arkansas Code § 16-85-510 to expand shield law protections for journalists beyond traditional media to include television stations and Internet news sources
- Extends source protection to editors, reporters, and writers for television stations and Internet news sources, as well as publishers of Internet news sources
- Requires that before any covered media professional can be compelled to disclose sources to a grand jury or other authority, the article must be shown to have been written, published, or broadcast in bad faith, with malice, and not in the interest of public welfare
- Changes the statute title from "Disclosure of newspaper, periodical, or radio station media sources" to "Disclosure of media sources" to reflect the broader coverage
Legislative Description
To Include Other Media In Shield Provisions Regarding Disclosure Of Sources.
Last Action
Senate Notification that SB772 is now Act 799
3/30/2011
Committee Referrals
Transportation, Technology & Legislative Affairs3/3/2011
Full Bill Text
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