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| 1 | 1 | 85R14006 BEF-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Fallon H.B. No. 3983 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to persons allowed to record meetings of house and senate | |
| 8 | 8 | committees. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Chapter 306, Government Code, is amended by | |
| 11 | 11 | adding Section 306.008 to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | Sec. 306.008. RECORDING OF COMMITTEE MEETINGS. (a) Except | |
| 13 | 13 | as otherwise provided by this section, any person in attendance at | |
| 14 | 14 | an open meeting of a house or senate committee, including a public | |
| 15 | 15 | hearing, may make an audio or visual recording of the meeting. | |
| 16 | 16 | (b) A person may record a committee meeting held on the | |
| 17 | 17 | floor of the house or senate chamber from a location accessible to | |
| 18 | 18 | the person. | |
| 19 | 19 | (c) A person may not record a committee meeting in a manner | |
| 20 | 20 | that disrupts the meeting or unreasonably obstructs the view of | |
| 21 | 21 | other persons attending the meeting. The presiding officer of a | |
| 22 | 22 | meeting may enforce this subsection but may not prohibit a person | |
| 23 | 23 | from recording an open meeting in a nondisruptive manner. | |
| 24 | 24 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |