(1) Amend CSSB 121 by striking all below the enacting clause and substituting in lieu thereof the following: SECTION 1. Chapter 27, Code of Criminal Procedure, is amended by adding Article 27.18 to read as follows: Art. 27.18. PLEA OR WAIVER OF RIGHTS BY CLOSED CIRCUIT VIDEO TELECONFERENCING. (a) Notwithstanding any provision of this code requiring that a plea or a waiver of a defendant's right be made in open court, a court may accept the plea or waiver by broadcast by closed circuit video teleconferencing to the court if: (1) the defendant and the attorney representing the state file with the court written consent to the use of closed circuit video teleconferencing; (2) the closed circuit video teleconferencing system provides for a simultaneous, compressed full motion video, and interactive communication of image and sound between the judge, the attorney representing the state, the defendant, and the defendant's attorney; and (3) on request of the defendant, the defendant and the defendant's attorney are able to communicate privately without being recorded or heard by the judge or the attorney representing the state. (b) On motion of the defendant or the attorney representing the state or in the court's discretion, the court may terminate an appearance by closed circuit video teleconferencing at any time during the appearance and require an appearance by the defendant in open court. (c) A recording of the communication shall be made and preserved until the 120th day after the date the recording is made. The defendant may obtain a copy of the recording on payment of a reasonable amount to cover the costs of reproduction. SECTION 2. The importance of this legislation and the crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an emergency and an imperative public necessity that the constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended, and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its passage, and it is so enacted. (2) Amend CSSB 121 by striking all above the enacting clause and substituting in lieu thereof the following: relating to the use of closed circuit video teleconferencing to enter a plea or waive a right in a criminal case.