MA S926

Bill

MA S926

An act relative to recording court proceedings

Introduced
04/15/2015

In Committee
04/15/2015

Crossed Over

Passed

Dead
07/31/2016

Introduced Session

189th General Court

Bill Summary

For legislation to record court proceedings. The Judiciary.

AI Summary

This bill mandates that all courts in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts must record all proceedings using either visual or audio recording equipment, and these recordings must be made accessible to the public for a reasonable fee, overriding any existing laws that might prevent this.

Committee Categories

Justice

Sponsors (4)

Bruce Tarr (R)*, Viriato deMacedo (R), Donald Humason (R), Richard Ross (R),

Last Action

Accompanied a study order, see S2204 (on 04/04/2016)

Official Document

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/189/Senate/S926

(7 Companion Bills)

Version:

Document Type	Source Location
State Bill Page	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/189/Senate/S926
State Bill Page	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/189/S926
Bill	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/189/S926.pdf

Bill	Bill Name	Last Action	Type
H37	Revising the Uniform Arbitration Act for commercial disputes	Accompanied a study order, see H4706	Similar To
S2160	Relative to moving violations	Ought NOT to pass (under Joint Rule 10) and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session	Similar To
S2204	Judicial matters	Reported (in part) by S812	Replaced by
S670	Creating a right to representation for college students in some school disciplinary matters	Accompanied a study order, see S2214	Similar To
S800	Relative to bail fees	Accompanied a study order, see S2204	Similar To
S861	To allow the recording of conversations to reflect federal law whereby a party to a conversation may record it without prior consent as long as the recording is not done with criminal or tortious intent	Accompanied a study order, see S2204	Similar To
S889	To expedite the transfer of cases to the permit session of land court	Accompanied a study order, see S2204	Similar To

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