Bill Text: TX SB2418 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the authority to appear by telephone or videoconference.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-23 - Referred to Criminal Justice [SB2418 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SB2418-Introduced.html
By: Johnson | S.B. No. 2418 | |
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relating to the authority to appear by telephone or | ||
videoconference. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Chapter 45.0201, Code of Criminal Procedure, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
Art. 45.0201. APPEARANCE BY TELEPHONE OR VIDEOCONFERENCE. | ||
If the justice or judge determines that requiring a defendant to | ||
appear before the justice or judge in person for a hearing [ |
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defendant, the justice or judge may allow the defendant to appear by | ||
telephone or videoconference. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |