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Amend CSHB 2120 (committee printing, on page 3, line 11) by 
inserting the following SECTION and renumbering subsequent 
SECTIONS accordingly:
	SECTION 6.  Article 27.18, Code of Criminal Procedure, is 
amended by adding Subsections (d), (e), (e-1), and (f) to read as 
follows:
	(d)  A defendant who is confined in a county other than the 
county in which charges against the defendant are pending may use 
the teleconferencing method provided by this article to enter a 
plea or waive a right in the court with jurisdiction over the case.
	(e)  A defendant who enters a plea or waiver under Subsection 
(d):    
		(1)  consents to venue in the county in which the court 
receiving the plea or waiver is located; and
		(2)  waives any claim of error related to venue.                       
	(e-1)  Subsection (e) does not prohibit a court from granting 
a defendant's motion for change of venue during the trial of the 
defendant.
	(f)  If a defendant enters a plea of guilty or nolo 
contendere under Subsection (d), the attorney representing the 
state may request at the time the plea is entered that the defendant 
submit a fingerprint of the defendant suitable for attachment to 
the judgment.  On request for a fingerprint under this subsection, 
the county in which the defendant is confined shall obtain a 
fingerprint of the defendant and use first-class mail or other 
means acceptable to the attorney representing the state and the 
county to forward the fingerprint to the court accepting the plea.