HB399 Alabama 2012 Session

Signed by Governor

Bill Summary

Sponsors

Paul DeMarco

Session

Regular Session 2012

Title

Uniform Interstate Depositions and Discovery Act, allows litigants to depose individuals and conduct discovery in a state other than the trial state

Description

This bill would provide for the Uniform Interstate Depositions and Discovery Act. The bill would: Allow litigants in another state to depose individuals and conduct discovery in this state; allow litigants to present a circuit clerk of the county where discoverable materials are sought with a subpoena issued by a court in the trial state; and would require the clerk to issue a subpoena in this state which would be treated the same as any other subpoena in this state

To provide for the Uniform Interstate Depositions and Discovery Act; to allow litigants in another state to depose individuals and conduct discovery in this state; to allow litigants to present a circuit clerk of the county where discoverable materials are sought with a subpoena issued by a court in the trial state; and to require the clerk to issue a subpoena in this state that would be treated the same as any other subpoena issued in this state.

Subjects

Uniform Interstate Depositions and Discovery Act

Bill Actions

Action Date	Chamber	Action
May 16, 2012		Delivered to Governor at 11:59 p. m. on May 16, 2012.
May 16, 2012		Assigned Act No. 2012-518.
May 16, 2012		Clerk of the House Certification
May 16, 2012		Signature Requested
May 16, 2012		Enrolled
May 16, 2012		Concurred in Second House Amendment
May 16, 2012		DeMarco motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 1603
May 16, 2012		Concurrence Requested
May 16, 2012		Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1540
May 16, 2012		Brooks motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1539
May 16, 2012		Brooks Amendment Offered
May 16, 2012		Third Reading Passed
May 16, 2012		Brooks Carry Over to the Call of the Chair Granted
May 16, 2012		Third Reading Carried Over to Call of the Chair
May 9, 2012		Read for the second time and placed on the calendar
May 1, 2012		Re-referred to Committee on Finance and Taxation General Fund
April 24, 2012		Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Governmental Affairs
April 19, 2012		Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 920
April 19, 2012		Holmes motion to Adjourn lost Roll Call 919
April 19, 2012		Third Reading Passed
April 5, 2012		Read for the second time and placed on the calendar
February 23, 2012		Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Judiciary