HB3043 - Tennessee - Evidence

Companion Bill SB3545. Evidence - Permits use of audio or video recordings of child's statement in child abuse and child sex abuse cases if the statement is nontestimonial and is otherwise admissible under rules of evidence; provides for in camera viewing and notice to defendant. - Amends TCA Title 24 and Title 37. Fiscal Summary for *HB3043 / SB3545Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant Increase Local Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for *HB3043 / SB3545 This bill provides for the admissibility as evidence of an audio or video recording containing a statement made by a child under the age of 13 describing any act of sexual contact, sexual abuse, or physical abuse performed with or on the child by another person. The recording would be admissible in a criminal proceeding if the court finds that the statement at issue [...]

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