Amend CSHB 1864 (Senate committee printing) by adding the 
following appropriately numbered SECTIONS to the bill and 
renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill appropriately:
	SECTION ___.  Subchapter A, Chapter 153, Family Code, is 
amended by adding Section 153.015 to read as follows:
	Sec. 153.015.  ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION WITH CHILD BY 
CONSERVATOR.  (a)  In this section, "electronic communication" 
means any communication facilitated by the use of any wired or 
wireless technology via the Internet or any other electronic media.  
The term includes communication facilitated by the use of a 
telephone, electronic mail, instant messaging, videoconferencing, 
or webcam.
	(b)  If a conservator of a child requests the court to order 
periods of electronic communication with the child under this 
section, the court may award the conservator reasonable periods of 
electronic communication with the child to supplement the 
conservator's periods of possession of the child.  In determining 
whether to award electronic communication, the court shall 
consider:
		(1)  whether electronic communication is in the best 
interest of the child;
		(2)  whether equipment necessary to facilitate the 
electronic communication is reasonably available to all parties 
subject to the order; and
		(3)  any other factor the court considers appropriate.                 
	(c)  If a court awards a conservator periods of electronic 
communication with a child under this section, each conservator 
subject to the court's order shall:
		(1)  provide the other conservator with the e-mail 
address and other electronic communication access information of 
the child;
		(2)  notify the other conservator of any change in the 
e-mail address or other electronic communication access 
information not later than 24 hours after the date the change takes 
effect; and
		(3)  if necessary equipment is reasonably available, 
accommodate electronic communication with the child, with the same 
privacy, respect, and dignity accorded all other forms of access, 
at a reasonable time and for a reasonable duration subject to any 
limitation provided by the court in the court's order.
	(d)  The court may not consider the availability of 
electronic communication as a factor in:
		(1)  computing the amount of child support to be 
ordered;            
		(2)  rendering an order granting periods of possession 
of the child; or
		(3)  considering a request by the managing conservator 
of the child to relocate the primary residence of the child.
	(e)  In a suit in which the court's order contains provisions 
related to a finding of family violence in the suit, including 
supervised visitation, the court may award periods of electronic 
communication under this section only if:
		(1)  the award and terms of the award are mutually 
agreed to by the parties; and
		(2)  the terms of the award:                                           
			(A)  are printed in the court's order in 
boldfaced, capitalized type; and
			(B)  include any specific restrictions relating 
to family violence or supervised visitation, as applicable, 
required by other law to be included in a possession or access 
order.
	SECTION ___.  Section 153.015, Family Code, as added by this 
Act, applies to a suit affecting the parent-child relationship 
filed before, on, or after the effective date of this Act.