85R14006 BEF-D
By: Fallon H.B. No. 3983
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to persons allowed to record meetings of house and senate
committees.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 306, Government Code, is amended by
adding Section 306.008 to read as follows:
Sec. 306.008. RECORDING OF COMMITTEE MEETINGS. (a) Except
as otherwise provided by this section, any person in attendance at
an open meeting of a house or senate committee, including a public
hearing, may make an audio or visual recording of the meeting.
(b) A person may record a committee meeting held on the
floor of the house or senate chamber from a location accessible to
the person.
(c) A person may not record a committee meeting in a manner
that disrupts the meeting or unreasonably obstructs the view of
other persons attending the meeting. The presiding officer of a
meeting may enforce this subsection but may not prohibit a person
from recording an open meeting in a nondisruptive manner.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.