Amend HB 176 by striking subsection (a) (House Engrossed
version page 1, lines 8-14) and substitute (a) With the agreement
of the parties, and subject to Subsection (b), a trial judge may
order that a hearing of a preliminary matter or witness testimony
at trial may be conducted by electronic means, including satellite
transmission, closed-circuit television transmission, or other
method of two-way electronic communication that is a available to
the parties, approved by the court, and capable of visually and
audibly recording the proceedings.