Bill Text: TX SR2 | 2021 | 87th Legislature 3rd Special Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Amending the Temporary Rules of the Senate, 87th Legislature, to allow public testimony on redistricting using two-way videoconferencing.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (N/A - Dead) 2021-09-20 - Referred to Administration [SR2 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SR2-Introduced.html
| By: West | S.R. No. 2 | |
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| BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the State of Texas, That | ||
| Article XI of the Temporary Rules of the Senate, 87th | ||
| Legislature, be amended by adding Rule 11.21 to read as follows: | ||
| PUBLIC TESTIMONY ON REDISTRICTING USING VIDEOCONFERENCING | ||
| Rule 11.21. (a) A committee, including a subcommittee or | ||
| special committee, shall allow the use of two-way | ||
| videoconferencing to facilitate testimony from the general | ||
| public during: | ||
| (1) a public hearing on a redistricting bill; or | ||
| (2) a hearing, including a regional hearing, to | ||
| solicit public input on redistricting. | ||
| (b) A witness testifying by videoconference must be | ||
| clearly visible and audible to the committee members. A committee | ||
| member questioning a witness by videoconference must be clearly | ||
| visible and audible to the witness and the committee members. | ||
| (c) A witness testifying by videoconference must submit a | ||
| witness affirmation form before testifying. | ||
| (d) In case of any conflict, this rule prevails over a | ||
| conflicting Senate or committee rule. | ||
