Bill Text: TX HB2181 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to recording of oral depositions.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-06 - Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence [HB2181 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB2181-Introduced.html
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By: Reynolds | H.B. No. 2181 |
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relating to recording of oral depositions. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Chapter 20, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 20.003 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 20.003. NON-STENOGRAPHIC RECORDING. Notwithstanding | ||
Section 20.001, any party may record an oral deposition by a method, | ||
including videotape recording, other than stenographic recording | ||
in accordance with the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 154.101(f), Government Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(f) Except as provided by Section 154.112 and by Chapter 20 | ||
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conducted in this state must be recorded by a certified shorthand | ||
reporter. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |