Amendment S-5061 to HF 2281
Relating to video conferences in judicial proceedings and certified shorthand reporter audio and video recordings, and including effective date provisions
Never voted on
Filed March 15, 2022 in the Senate by
What it changes
- Page 1, by striking lines 1 through 22 and inserting: “Section
- 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.”