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| 1 | 1 | 89R15584 AMF-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Menéndez S.B. No. 2468 | |
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| 7 | 7 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 8 | 8 | AN ACT | |
| 9 | 9 | relating to the conduct by electronic means of certain uncontested | |
| 10 | 10 | hearings. | |
| 11 | 11 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 12 | 12 | SECTION 1. Section 30.012(a), Civil Practice and Remedies | |
| 13 | 13 | Code, is amended to read as follows: | |
| 14 | 14 | (a) With the agreement of the parties, and subject to | |
| 15 | 15 | Subsection (b), a trial judge may order that a hearing of a | |
| 16 | 16 | preliminary matter, an uncontested proceeding in which the court is | |
| 17 | 17 | approving an agreement, or witness testimony at trial may be | |
| 18 | 18 | conducted by electronic means, including satellite transmission, | |
| 19 | 19 | closed-circuit television transmission, teleconferencing, | |
| 20 | 20 | videoconferencing, or any other method of [two-way] electronic | |
| 21 | 21 | communication that is available to the parties, approved by the | |
| 22 | 22 | court, and capable of visually and audibly recording the | |
| 23 | 23 | proceedings. | |
| 24 | 24 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |