Texas Senate panel considers bill banning one-party consent for recording
FOIFT2015-05-12T21:47:27-05:00AUSTIN - Texas would join a small number of states banning one-party consent for electronic recordings of conversations under a bill the Texas Senate Criminal Justice Committee considered Tuesday. Senate Bill 1223 by Sen. Paul Bettencourt, R-Houston, would require all parties that are in a conversation to give their consent to a recording. Only 12 states have such a law. Most states and the federal government do not. There are numerous reasons why Texans might need to record their own conversation without seeking the other party's consent, and Texas would become an "outlier state" if the measure passes, said attorney Stacy [...]