SB233 Alabama 2012 Session

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Bill Summary

Sponsors

Ben H. Brooks

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
April 26, 2012		Pending third reading on day 24 Favorable from Judiciary with 1 amendment
April 26, 2012		Judiciary first Amendment Offered
April 26, 2012		Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment
April 17, 2012		Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Judiciary
April 12, 2012		Engrossed
April 10, 2012		Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 552
April 10, 2012		Brooks motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 551
April 10, 2012		Brooks No. 2 Amendment Offered.
April 10, 2012		Brooks motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 550
April 10, 2012		Brooks Amendment Offered
April 10, 2012		Third Reading Passed
February 16, 2012		Read for the second time and placed on the calendar
February 7, 2012		Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Judiciary