By: Canales (Senate Sponsor - Burton) H.B. No. 214          (In the Senate - Received from the House May 5, 2017;   May 9, 2017, read first time and referred to Committee on State   Affairs; May 21, 2017, reported adversely, with favorable   Committee Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 9, Nays 0;   May 21, 2017, sent to printer.)Click here to see the committee vote    COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 214 By:  Birdwell     A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT     relating to a recording of certain proceedings of the Texas Supreme   Court and Court of Criminal Appeals and the publication of the   recordings.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter D, Chapter 22, Government Code, is   amended by adding Section 22.303 to read as follows:          Sec. 22.303.  RECORDING OF CERTAIN COURT PROCEEDINGS. If   appropriated funds or donations are available in the amount   necessary to cover the cost, the supreme court and the court of   criminal appeals shall make a video recording or other electronic   visual and audio recording of each oral argument and public meeting   of the court and post the recording on the court's Internet website.          SECTION 2.  The Texas Supreme Court and the Court of Criminal   Appeals are required to implement this Act only if the legislature   appropriates money specifically for that purpose. If the   legislature does not appropriate money specifically for that   purpose, the Texas Supreme Court and the Court of Criminal Appeals   may, but are not required to, implement this Act using other   appropriations available for the purpose.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.     * * * * *