California Acts of the 2007 Legislative Session
AJR24, Chapter 119
BILL NUMBER: AJR 24 CHAPTERED 09/10/07 RESOLUTION CHAPTER 119 FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE SEPTEMBER 10, 2007 ADOPTED IN SENATE AUGUST 27, 2007 ADOPTED IN ASSEMBLY AUGUST 30, 2007 AMENDED IN SENATE JULY 17, 2007 AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY JUNE 21, 2007 AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY JUNE 13, 2007 INTRODUCED BY Assembly Members Evans and Leno (Coauthors: Assembly Members Nava, Aghazarian, Anderson, Arambula, Bass, Beall, Benoit, Berg, Berryhill, Brownley, Caballero, Charles Calderon, Carter, Coto, Davis, De La Torre, De Leon, DeSaulnier, DeVore, Duvall, Dymally, Emmerson, Eng, Feuer, Fuentes, Gaines, Galgiani, Garrick, Hancock, Hayashi, Hernandez, Horton, Houston, Huff, Huffman, Jones, Karnette, Keene, Krekorian, La Malfa, Laird, Levine, Lieber, Lieu, Ma, Maze, Mendoza, Mullin, Nakanishi, Nunez, Parra, Plescia, Portantino, Price, Sharon Runner, Ruskin, Salas, Saldana, Silva, Solorio, Spitzer, Strickland, Swanson, Torrico, Tran, Villines, Walters, and Wolk) (Coauthors: Senators McClintock and Migden) MAY 21, 2007 Relative to speechLEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AJR 24, Evans. Speech.
This measure would respectfully urge the Congress of the United States to enact a shield law for America's journalists.
WHEREAS, A free press is vital to the publication of important news within our society so that our government is accountable to its citizens; and WHEREAS, A journalist's promise of confidentiality to a source is often the only way the public can learn about waste, fraud, and abuse in government and the private sector, and the forced disclosure of confidential sources and information will cause individuals to refuse to talk to journalists, resulting in a chilling effect on the free flow of information and the public's right to know; and WHEREAS, The most famous confidential source in United States history, W. Mark Felt, also known as...
