Privilege to Conf. Information/Victim/Victim Advocate

What it does

The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.

This Act provides a privilege to confidential communications between a victim and a victim advocate that cannot yield except where necessary to prevent harm to the victim or another or to report child abuse as required by law. The victim can waive the privilege with a signed waiver. This Act defines a victim advocate as an employee of a victim services agency, or formal volunteer under the supervision of an employee of a victim services agency who has completed a minimum of 20 hours of advocacy training.

Every action

9 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.

1. Jun 11, 2025CommitteeIntroduced and Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House · House Judiciary
2. Jun 17, 2025HouseAmendment HA 1 to HB 213 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
3. Jun 18, 2025CommitteeReported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 6 On Its Merits · House Judiciary
4. Mar 12, 2026HouseSubstituted in House by HS 1 for HB 213
5. Mar 17, 2026HouseHS 1 for HB 213 - Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 2 ABSENT
6. Mar 17, 2026SenateHS 1 for HB 213 - Assigned to Judiciary Committee in Senate
7. May 6, 2026SenateHS 1 for HB 213 - Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits
8. Jun 23, 2026SenateHS 1 for HB 213 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
9. Sep 14, 2026HS 1 for HB 213 - Signed by Governor

Roll calls

No recorded votes on this bill yet.

Sponsors

The member who introduced it, joined by 11 cosponsors: 9 Democrats, 2 Republicans.

• KG Krista GriffithD Primary sponsor · District 12
• WB William BushD Joint sponsor · District 29
• KW Kimberly WilliamsD Joint sponsor · District 19
• NP Nicole PooreD Joint sponsor · District 12