Corporate officer; deposition witness.
Summary
Provides that when an officer, as defined in the bill, who is called as a deposition witness files a motion for a protective order because the discovery sought by the deposition is obtainable from some other source that is more convenient, less burdensome, or less expensive, the burden is on the party seeking the deposition to defeat such a motion by showing that (i) the officer's deposition is reasonably calculated to lead to the discovery of admissible evidence, (ii) the officer may have personal knowledge of discoverable information that cannot be discovered through other means, and (iii) a deposition of a representative other than the officer or other methods of discovery are unsatisfactory, insufficient, or inadequate. This bill is identical to
Bill status
passed
4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2019
Committee Review
Feb 2019
Senate Passage
Jan 2019
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2019
Governor
Introduced Jan 8, 2019
Last action Feb 14, 2019
Floor votes · Senate Jan 29, 2019
How they voted
34–0
Passed
Total votes 34
Jan 29, 2019
D
Democratic14
100% Yea
R
Republican20
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
20
Key actions
4
Committee
5
Amendments
1
Feb 11, 2019
Lower · Passed
Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 4, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
lower
Jan 29, 2019
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (34-0)
senate
Jan 28, 2019
Upper · Passed
Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1457E
upper
Jan 28, 2019
Upper · Passed
Committee amendments agreed to
upper
Jan 28, 2019
Introduced
Reading of amendments waived
upper
Jan 14, 2019
Committee
Rereferred to Courts of Justice
upper
Jan 8, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
upper
Jan 8, 2019
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19103759D
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
JV
Jill Vogel
RRepublican
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