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