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            H.B. No. 3929
         
               AN ACT
            
            relating to the adoption by the Supreme Court of Texas of the 
         
            Uniform Interstate Depositions and Discovery Act.
         
                   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         
                   SECTION 1.  Before September 1, 2025, the Supreme Court of 
         
            Texas may adopt the Uniform Interstate Depositions and Discovery 
         
            Act as rules of civil procedure.
         
                   SECTION 2.  (a)  Effective September 1, 2025, Section 20.002, 
         
            Civil Practice and Remedies Code, is repealed.
         
                   (b)  If the Supreme Court of Texas adopts the rules described 
         
            by Section 1 of this Act with an effective date before September 1, 
         
            2025, those rules supersede Section 20.002, Civil Practice and 
         
            Remedies Code, to the extent of any conflict.
         
                   (c)  Notwithstanding the repeal by this Act of Section 
         
            20.002, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, if the Supreme Court of 
         
            Texas does not adopt the rules described by Section 1 of this Act 
         
            before September 1, 2025, the substance of Section 20.002, Civil 
         
            Practice and Remedies Code, as that section existed immediately 
         
            before the effective date of this Act, is continued in effect.
         
                   SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
         
            ______________________________
            ______________________________
         
               President of the Senate
            Speaker of the House     
         
                   I certify that H.B. No. 3929 was passed by the House on May 4, 
         
            2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 140, Nays 0, 1 present, not 
         
            voting.
         
            ______________________________
         
            Chief Clerk of the House   
         
                   I certify that H.B. No. 3929 was passed by the Senate on May 
         
            21, 2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
         
            ______________________________
         
            Secretary of the Senate    
         
            APPROVED:  _____________________
         
                               Date          
         
                      _____________________
         
                             Governor       
         
Statutes affected: 
Introduced: Civil Practice and Remedies Code 20.002 (Civil Practice and Remedies Code 20)
House Committee Report: Civil Practice and Remedies Code 20.002 (Civil Practice and Remedies Code 20)
Engrossed: Civil Practice and Remedies Code 20.002 (Civil Practice and Remedies Code 20)
Senate Committee Report: Civil Practice and Remedies Code 20.002 (Civil Practice and Remedies Code 20)
Enrolled: Civil Practice and Remedies Code 20.002 (Civil Practice and Remedies Code 20)




	AN ACT
	relating to the adoption by the Supreme Court of Texas of the
	Uniform Interstate Depositions and Discovery Act.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Before September 1, 2025, the Supreme Court of
	Texas may adopt the Uniform Interstate Depositions and Discovery
	Act as rules of civil procedure.
	SECTION 2. (a) Effective September 1, 2025, Section 20.002,
	Civil Practice and Remedies Code, is repealed.
	(b) If the Supreme Court of Texas adopts the rules described
	by Section 1 of this Act with an effective date before September 1,
	2025, those rules supersede Section 20.002, Civil Practice and
	Remedies Code, to the extent of any conflict.
	(c) Notwithstanding the repeal by this Act of Section
	20.002, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, if the Supreme Court of
	Texas does not adopt the rules described by Section 1 of this Act
	before September 1, 2025, the substance of Section 20.002, Civil
	Practice and Remedies Code, as that section existed immediately
	before the effective date of this Act, is continued in effect.
	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.


	______________________________	______________________________
	President of the Senate	Speaker of the House


	I certify that H.B. No. 3929 was passed by the House on May 4,
	2023, by the following vote: Yeas 140, Nays 0, 1 present, not
	voting.

	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House


	I certify that H.B. No. 3929 was passed by the Senate on May
	21, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.

	______________________________
	Secretary of the Senate
	APPROVED: _____________________
	Date

	_____________________
	Governor