S-5061

   Amend House File 2281, as amended, passed, and reprinted by the House, as follows:
   1.  Page 1, by striking lines 1 through 22 and inserting: 
   <Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  602.1601A  Video conferences in judicial proceedings.
   Upon motion of any party in a criminal, juvenile, or postconviction relief proceeding, a judicial proceeding may be conducted by video conference when appropriate technology is available and if the proceeding can be conducted in an efficient manner and does not prejudice a substantial right of any party. The motion must include a statement that the party has been advised and consents to the request for a video conference proceeding. Any party may file a resistance to the proceeding being conducted by video conference. When a proceeding is uncontested, a denial of a motion to conduct a proceeding by video conference must include a good cause determination.>

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COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY

BRAD ZAUN, CHAIRPERSON