Amend CSHB 2683 (house committee printing) by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTIONS to the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:

SECTION ____.  The heading to Section 551.023, Government Code, is amended to read as follows:

Sec. 551.023.  RECORDING OR LIVESTREAMING OF MEETING BY PERSON IN ATTENDANCE.

SECTION ____.  Section 551.023(a), Government Code, is amended to read as follows:

(a)  A person in attendance at an open meeting of a governmental body may:

(1)  record all or any part of the [an open] meeting [of a governmental body] by means of a recorder, video camera, or other means of aural or visual reproduction; or

(2)  stream live video and audio of all or any part of the meeting on the Internet, provided that such recording does not cause a distraction or disturbance to the proceedings of the meeting.