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.
Pending third reading on day 24 Favorable from Judiciary with 1 amendment
Judiciary first Amendment Offered
Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment
Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Judiciary
Engrossed
Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 552
Brooks motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 551
Brooks No. 2 Amendment Offered.
Brooks motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 550
Brooks Amendment Offered
Third Reading Passed
Read for the second time and placed on the calendar
Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Judiciary
Source: Alabama Legislature