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  89R9126 JDK-D     By: Moody H.B. No. 2448       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the waiver of a defendant's arraignment.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Article 26.011, Code of Criminal Procedure, is   amended to read as follows:          Art. 26.011.  WAIVER OF ARRAIGNMENT.   (a) An attorney   representing a defendant may present a waiver of arraignment, and   the clerk of the court may not require the presence of the defendant   as a condition of accepting the waiver.           (b)     An attorney representing a defendant may sign a waiver   of arraignment on the defendant's behalf.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.