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| Bill | Caption | Action |
|---|---|---|
| HB 10 | Relating to certain criminal and civil consequences of trafficking of persons, compelling prostitution, and certain other related criminal offenses; to the prevention, prosecution, and punishment of those offenses, and to compensation paid to victims of those offenses. | Filed |
| HB 12 | Relating to the border prosecution unit. | Filed |
| HB 25 | Relating to the elimination of straight-party voting for judicial offices. | Filed |
| HB 39 | Relating to guardianships for incapacitated persons and to substitutes for guardianships for certain adults with disabilities. | Filed |
| HB 44 | Relating to the establishment of a public law school in the Rio Grande Valley. | Filed |
| HB 46 | Relating to the establishment of a public law school in the Rio Grande Valley. | Filed |
| HB 48 | Relating to the creation of a commission to review convictions after exoneration and to prevent wrongful convictions. | Filed |
| HB 53 | Relating to the age of criminal responsibility and to certain substantive and procedural matters related to that age. | Filed |
| HB 59 | Relating to the establishment of a public law school in the Rio Grande Valley. | Filed |
| HB 69 | Relating to the creation of the Juvenile Court Jurisdiction Task Force. | Filed |
| HB 93 | Relating to the repeal of the offenses of failure to attend school and parent contributing to nonattendance. | Filed |
| HB 95 | Relating to the exclusion of certain witnesses during a criminal proceeding. | Filed |
| HB 107 | Relating to the fine imposed on a student convicted of truancy. | Filed |
| HB 109 | Relating to consideration of certain mitigating evidence at the sentencing proceeding of a defendant or the disposition hearing of a child. | Filed |
| HB 110 | Relating to the punishment by confinement for contempt of court for failure to obey a court order related to truancy. | Filed |
| HB 121 | Relating to an alternative means of payment of certain past due criminal fines and court costs. | Filed |
| HB 178 | Relating to the authority of a justice of the peace to waive the waiting period for a marriage ceremony. | Filed |
| HB 184 | Relating to the allocation of costs and attorney's fees incurred by a Court of Inquiry. | Filed |
| HB 196 | Relating to consideration of certain mitigating evidence at the sentencing proceeding of a defendant or the disposition hearing of a child. | Filed |
| HB 230 | Relating to recovery of attorney's fees in certain civil cases. | Filed |
| HB 231 | Relating to extending the court's jurisdiction in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship over certain young people for purposes of obtaining special immigrant juvenile status and Department of Family and Protective Services policies for handling cases involving those young people. | Filed |
| HB 234 | Relating to certain costs associated with certain court proceedings for cruelly treated animals; authorizing fees and costs. | Filed |
| HB 241 | Relating to substituted service of citation through a social media presence. | Filed |
| HB 254 | Relating to the penalty for certain offenders for possession of a small amount of certain controlled substances. | Filed |
| HB 257 | Relating to a judge's or justice's significant interest in a business entity that owns, manages, or operates a private correctional or rehabilitation facility. | Filed |
| HB 261 | Relating to municipal civilian complaint review boards in certain municipalities. | Filed |
| HB 263 | Relating to the sealing of certain juvenile records. | Filed |
| HB 264 | Relating to procedures for asserting taking claims against certain governmental entities. | Filed |
| HB 268 | Relating to the prompt issuance of an order of nondisclosure for certain defendants; authorizing a fee. | Filed |
| HB 274 | Relating to the enforcement of municipal rules, ordinances, or police regulations prohibiting illegal dumping; increasing a penalty. | Filed |
| HB 277 | Relating to capital murder of a prosecuting attorney or an assistant prosecuting attorney. | Filed |
| HB 278 | Relating to authorizing certain attorneys representing the state to openly carry a handgun. | Filed |
| HB 282 | Relating to the organization of a grand jury. | Filed |
| HB 297 | Relating to the establishment of progressive sanctions for students who fail to attend school and to the repeal of the offenses of failure to attend school and parent contributing to nonattendance. | Filed |
| HB 309 | Relating to a study on the feasibility and potential costs and benefits of implementing a pay-for-performance contract program for certain juvenile justice programs and services. | Filed |
| HB 316 | Relating to allowing a county commissioners court to contract with an attorney to enforce subdivision platting requirements in certain counties that are economically distressed or that are located near the international border of this state. | Filed |
| HB 317 | Relating to the creation of county databases containing information on county expenditures. | Filed |
| HB 319 | Relating to the establishment, operation, and funding of victim-offender mediation programs. | Filed |
| HB 326 | Relating to information provided by electronic means in support of the issuance of a search warrant. | Filed |
| HB 327 | Relating to a study on the availability of information regarding convictions and deferred dispositions for certain fine-only misdemeanors. | Filed |
| HB 330 | Relating to the age of criminal responsibility and to certain substantive and procedural matters related to that age. | Filed |
| HB 332 | Relating to the authority of a prosecutor in a juvenile case to appeal certain judicial decisions. | Filed |
| HB 333 | Relating to certain procedures for defendants who successfully complete a period of state jail felony community supervision. | Filed |
| HB 348 | Relating to the punishment for certain conduct constituting the offense of official oppression and to the statute of limitation on prosecution of that conduct. | Filed |
| HB 359 | Relating to a court order to disannex an area from a municipality. | Filed |
| HB 378 | Relating to the establishment of progressive sanctions for students who fail to attend school and to the repeal of the offenses of failure to attend school and parent contributing to nonattendance. | Filed |
| HB 379 | Relating to the failure to attend school for part of a day. | Filed |
| HB 380 | Relating to consideration of certain mitigating evidence at the sentencing proceeding of a defendant or the disposition hearing of a child. | Filed |
| HB 398 | Relating to the creation of an additional judicial district composed of Coryell County. | Filed |
| HB 402 | Relating to the terms of court for the 52nd District Court. | Filed |
| HB 431 | Relating to the creation of an advisory committee to examine and recommend revisions to any state laws pertaining to juvenile records. | Filed |
| HB 452 | Relating to pretrial hearings in criminal cases in certain courts. | Filed |
| HB 472 | Relating to the reporting and disposition of proceeds and property from criminal asset forfeiture. | Filed |
| HB 480 | Relating to retaining a reserve investigator by a prosecuting attorney. | Filed |
| HB 496 | Relating to civil and criminal liability for the unlawful disclosure or promotion of certain intimate visual material; creating an offense. | Filed |
| HB 516 | Relating to venue for the offense of failure to attend school. | Filed |
| HB 519 | Relating to venue for the offense of a parent contributing to a child's failure to attend school. | Filed |
| HB 520 | Relating to the assignment of certain judges as a visiting judge. | Filed |
| HB 538 | Relating to judicial and law enforcement authority in certain municipalities on a segment of a highway or street that abuts property located in the municipality. | Filed |
| HB 543 | Relating to the creation of a specialty court for certain first-time DWI offenders; imposing fees for participation and alcohol monitoring. | Filed |
| HB 556 | Relating to juvenile probation fees and court costs imposed by a juvenile court; increasing fees. | Filed |
| HB 559 | Relating to the duties of a magistrate to inform an arrested person of consequences of a plea of guilty or nolo contendere. | Filed |
| HB 560 | Relating to the qualifications for service as a grand juror. | Filed |
| HB 561 | Relating to the secrecy of grand jury proceedings. | Filed |
| HB 605 | Relating to a franchise tax credit for taxable entities that pay employees during jury selection or jury service. | Filed |
| HB 629 | Relating to a person's ability to read and write in English as a qualification for service as a petit juror. | Filed |
| HB 642 | Relating to an alcohol awareness program or drug education program for certain minors convicted of or adjudicated to have engaged in, or placed on deferred disposition or community supervision for, certain drug or alcohol related offenses; authorizing a fee. | Filed |
| HB 670 | Relating to the application of foreign laws and foreign forum selection in this state. | Filed |
| HB 697 | Relating to the waiver of fines, fees, and court costs imposed on a student convicted of truancy. | Filed |
| HB 723 | Relating to the appointment of a guardian ad litem and attorney ad litem for a minor in an application for a court order authorizing the minor to consent to an abortion. | Filed |
| HB 725 | Relating to the appeal of waiver of jurisdiction and transfer to criminal court in juvenile cases. | Filed |
| HB 749 | Relating to the dismissal of a case within the jurisdiction of a municipal court if a peace officer fails to appear for trial. | Filed |
| HB 776 | Relating to the creation of a public integrity unit in the office of the attorney general to prosecute offenses against public administration, including ethics offenses, and offenses involving insurance fraud or the imposition of the motor fuels tax. | Filed |
| HB 803 | Relating to the filing of a complaint for certain misdemeanor offenses. | Filed |
| HB 828 | Relating to the application of foreign and international laws and doctrines in this state and requiring a court of this state to uphold and apply certain laws, including the doctrine requiring courts to refrain from involvement in religious doctrinal interpretation or application. | Filed |
| HB 839 | Relating to the reinstatement of eligibility of certain children released from a juvenile facility for benefits under the medical assistance and child health plan programs. | Filed |
| HB 851 | Relating to children's advocacy centers. | Filed |
| HB 853 | Relating to the confidentiality of information identifying children who are victims of certain offenses; creating an offense. | Filed |
| HB 860 | Relating to employer retaliation against employees who seek recovery of unpaid wages and procedures in wage claim hearings conducted by the Texas Workforce Commission; providing administrative penalties. | Filed |
| HB 865 | Relating to the recording of certain grand jury proceedings that involve a peace officer. | Filed |
| HB 866 | Relating to the exemption from jury service of a person who is the primary caretaker of another person. | Filed |
| HB 897 | Relating to the recording of a proceeding in a municipal court in San Antonio. | Filed |
| HB 920 | Relating to additional primary election ballot information for judicial candidates. | Filed |
| HB 940 | Relating to the investigation and prosecution of offenses against public administration, including ethics offenses, offenses involving insurance fraud, and offenses involving motor fuels tax. | Filed |
| HB 975 | Relating to charitable raffles conducted by certain professional sports team charitable foundations; creating a criminal offense. | Filed |
| HB 984 | Relating to birth records of adopted persons; authorizing a fee. | Filed |
| HB 1005 | Relating to allowing judges to use juror identification numbers when polling the jury. | Filed |
| HB 1010 | Relating to the disclosure of certain information and evidence by a prosecutor in a criminal case. | Filed |
| HB 1032 | Relating to abolishing the death penalty. | Filed |
| HB 1048 | Relating to the redesignation of veterans court programs as veterans treatment court programs, the administration of those programs, the expunction of arrest records and files for certain participants who successfully complete a program, and the issuance of orders of nondisclosure for participants convicted of a misdemeanor; changing a fee. | Filed |
| HB 1055 | Relating to expanding the category of persons required to pay certain costs on conviction imposed for the support of drug court programs. | Filed |
| HB 1076 | Relating to the authority of a magistrate to prohibit certain communications in an order for emergency protection; amending provisions subject to a criminal penalty. | Filed |
| HB 1079 | Relating to the distribution of certain civil penalties, payments, and civil restitution received by the attorney general. | Filed |
| HB 1080 | Relating to the definition of a state judge for purposes of state driver's license and personal identification laws. | Filed |
| HB 1089 | Relating to the creation of an additional judicial district composed of Ector County. | Filed |
| HB 1090 | Relating to exemption of certain firefighters and police officers from jury service. | Filed |
| HB 1091 | Relating to special three-judge district courts convened to hear certain cases. | Filed |
| HB 1108 | Relating to the determination of whether jurors in a criminal case have good cause for not performing their duties. | Filed |
| HB 1115 | Relating to the appearance of certain misdemeanor defendants before a magistrate. | Filed |
| HB 1118 | Relating to certain persons' entitlement to public information. | Filed |
| HB 1122 | Relating to civil jurisdiction of, and the number of jurors required in, certain civil cases pending in a statutory county court. | Filed |
| HB 1129 | Relating to an exemption from the attorney occupation tax for attorneys exclusively offering pro bono legal services. | Filed |
| HB 1144 | Relating to establishing a task force to examine the adjudication, disposition, and registration of juvenile sex offenders. | Filed |
| HB 1166 | Relating to sworn statements and other documentation provided to support the issuance of a search warrant. | Filed |
| HB 1167 | Relating to the creation of an additional family district court in Harris County. | Filed |
| HB 1175 | Relating to certain privileges of a child in a criminal or civil proceeding involving the child's parent or guardian. | Filed |
| HB 1176 | Relating to certain privileges of a parent or guardian in a criminal or civil proceeding involving a child of the parent or guardian. | Filed |
| HB 1190 | Relating to the compensation of property owners whose property is damaged as a result of a pursuit involving a federal law enforcement agency. | Filed |
| HB 1195 | Relating to a disclosure by an attorney before accepting representation of a client in a suit for the dissolution of marriage. | Filed |
| HB 1205 | Relating to the age of criminal responsibility and to certain substantive and procedural matters related to that age. | Filed |
| HB 1217 | Relating to certain reporting requirements of the Department of Family and Protective Services regarding child protection, including reporting information for certain foster children who are missing or are victims of sex trafficking. | Filed |
| HB 1230 | Relating to the prosecution of certain offenses involving the operation of an overweight vehicle. | Filed |
| HB 1240 | Relating to the age of criminal responsibility and to certain substantive and procedural matters related to that age. | Filed |
| HB 1253 | Relating to appointment of a grand jury. | Filed |
| HB 1271 | Relating to an exemption from ad valorem taxation of the total appraised value of the residence homestead of a veteran or current member of the armed services of the United States while the veteran or current service member participates in a veterans court program. | Filed |
| HB 1306 | Relating to the reimbursement of expenses incurred by court reporters in judicial districts composed of more than one county. | Filed |
| HB 1313 | Relating to ensuring the removal of the names of deceased persons from the jury wheel. | Filed |
| HB 1332 | Relating to the notice to vacate required to be given by a landlord to a tenant before filing an eviction suit. | Filed |
| HB 1334 | Relating to the appeal of a residential eviction suit. | Filed |
| HB 1346 | Relating to the representation of certain indigent applicants for a writ of habeas corpus. | Filed |
| HB 1359 | Relating to procedures involving truancy and other fine-only misdemeanors committed by children. | Filed |
| HB 1365 | Relating to procedures involving truancy and other fine-only misdemeanors committed by children. | Filed |
| HB 1386 | Relating to the prohibition of more than one counsel appearing in a misdemeanor case. | Filed |
| HB 1416 | Relating to recusal of a justice of the supreme court or judge of the court of criminal appeals based on political contributions accepted by the justice or judge from a person involved in a case before the justice or judge. | Filed |
| HB 1427 | Relating to a review of state laws requiring an action or proceeding to be brought in Travis County or a Travis County court. | Filed |
| HB 1436 | Relating to appeals regarding dangerous dogs. | Filed |
| HB 1439 | Relating to the creation of an educational publication for judicial guidance on cases involving a child who may be eligible for special immigrant juvenile status. | Filed |
| HB 1441 | Relating to the collection and disclosure of certain grand jury information. | Filed |
| HB 1490 | Relating to public school interventions for truancy and eliminating a criminal penalty and authorizing a civil penalty for truancy. | Filed |
| HB 1491 | Relating to the publication of confidential criminal and juvenile justice records of certain juveniles; providing civil penalties. | Filed |
| HB 1494 | Relating to the filing by a court reporter of an official transcript of a court proceeding. | Filed |
| HB 1507 | Relating to a report to the Texas Juvenile Justice Department concerning restorative justice programs for juvenile offenders in certain counties. | Filed |
| HB 1511 | Relating to appointment of a municipal judge to serve as a visiting justice of the peace in certain proceedings involving misdemeanor traffic offenses. | Filed |
| HB 1520 | Relating to the assignment to a trial court of a judge or justice who was defeated in a primary or general election. | Filed |
| HB 1527 | Relating to abolishing the death penalty. | Filed |
| HB 1531 | Relating to the making and receiving of referrals for legal services by certain legislators and executive officers; creating a criminal offense. | Filed |
| HB 1537 | Relating to the sunset review of the authority of the governing bodies of taxing units to contract with attorneys to represent the taxing units in enforcing the collection of delinquent ad valorem taxes on property in the taxing units. | Filed |
| HB 1564 | Relating to the establishment of judicial donation trust funds to assist needy children and families appearing before justice and municipal courts. | Filed |
| HB 1571 | Relating to notice of the right to employ counsel in truancy proceedings. | Filed |
| HB 1573 | Relating to the dissemination of confidential information contained in the juvenile justice information system. | Filed |
| HB 1580 | Relating to a court reporter for the county court at law in Kleberg County. | Filed |
| HB 1586 | Relating to the operation and administration of the Texas Juvenile Justice Department and its facilities, to the operation of post-adjudication secure correctional facilities for juvenile offenders, and to the commitment and placement of juvenile offenders. | Filed |
| HB 1591 | Relating to the powers and duties of, and the application of the professional prosecutors law to, the county attorney of Guadalupe County and to abolishing the office of district attorney of the 25th Judicial District. | Filed |
| HB 1594 | Relating to increasing the punishment for contempt of court by certain juveniles in a justice or municipal court. | Filed |
| HB 1603 | Relating to the creation of the chancery court and the court of chancery appeals to hear certain cases; authorizing fees. | Filed |
| HB 1636 | Relating to filing requirements applicable to administrative writs of withholding for child support. | Filed |
| HB 1644 | Relating to the oath of a person admitted to practice law in the State of Texas. | Filed |
| HB 1656 | Relating to public financing of campaigns for appellate judicial offices; providing civil penalties. | Filed |
| HB 1660 | Relating to certain protective orders and magistrate's orders for emergency protection. | Filed |
| HB 1688 | Relating to proceedings held in auxiliary facilities outside certain county seats. | Filed |
| HB 1690 | Relating to the investigation and prosecution of offenses against public administration, including ethics offenses. | Filed |
| HB 1694 | Relating to the jurisdiction of certain county criminal courts in Tarrant County. | Filed |
| HB 1695 | Relating to Internet access to certain district court family dockets. | Filed |
| HB 1718 | Relating to the selection of the local administrative judge for Coryell County. | Filed |
| HB 1753 | Relating to dismissal of charges of failure to attend school or parent contributing to nonattendance. | Filed |
| HB 1774 | Relating to the jurisdiction and powers of and the referral of certain proceedings to a criminal law hearing officer in Cameron County. | Filed |
| HB 1795 | Relating to the eligibility for indigent status for purposes of the driver responsibility program. | Filed |
| HB 1803 | Relating to public access to juvenile court proceedings. | Filed |
| HB 1806 | Relating to service of process in this state. | Filed |
| HB 1813 | Relating to electronically filing any court document in a criminal case in Cameron County. | Filed |
| HB 1817 | Relating to the application of the professional prosecutors law to the district attorney for the 132nd Judicial District. | Filed |
| HB 1818 | Relating to the creation of additional county courts at law in Cameron County. | Filed |
| HB 1822 | Relating to the creation of two family district courts in Collin County. | Filed |
| HB 1824 | Relating to the applicability of certain definitions and certain laws governing attorneys ad litem, and amicus attorneys in family law proceedings. | Filed |
| HB 1840 | Relating to the appointment by the attorney general of a special prosecutor to prosecute certain offenses committed that cause serious bodily injury or death by peace officers. | Filed |
| HB 1851 | Relating to promulgation of certain forms for use in landlord-tenant matters. | Filed |
| HB 1859 | Relating to the production of the index of the parties to all suits by the clerk of a district court; authorizing a fee. | Filed |
| HB 1861 | Relating to reports to the Office of Court Administration of the Texas Judicial System on the composition of grand and petit juries in each county. | Filed |
| HB 1879 | Relating to exemptions from continuing education requirements for certain county commissioners. | Filed |
| HB 1882 | Relating to notice requirements for certain witnesses who are scheduled to appear before a grand jury. | Filed |
| HB 1909 | Relating to the oath of a person admitted to practice law in the State of Texas. | Filed |
| HB 1922 | Relating to a court administrator hired by a statutory probate court. | Filed |
| HB 1923 | Relating to qualifications of special judges. | Filed |
| HB 1942 | Relating to judicial authority to issue orders allowing minors to consent to abortions and disclosure of that authority. | Filed |
| HB 1958 | Relating to eligibility for participation in veterans court programs. | Filed |
| HB 1960 | Relating to the automatic expunction of arrest records and files for certain veterans and the waiver of fees and costs charged for the expunction. | Filed |
| HB 2010 | Relating to public and private school searches of students with parental consent and certain disciplinary measures and other procedures that may arise from such a search. | Filed |
| HB 2038 | Relating to legal representation for certain emergency services districts. | Filed |
| HB 2045 | Relating to eligibility of attorneys who hold a law license issued by another state to take the state bar examination. | Filed |
| HB 2069 | Relating to the administration of foreclosure sales of real property. | Filed |
| HB 2088 | Relating to an interim study regarding the method by which certain trial and appellate judges are selected. | Filed |
| HB 2128 | Relating to the use of information from the lists of noncitizens excused or disqualified from jury service. | Filed |
| HB 2150 | Relating to the organization of a grand jury. | Filed |
| HB 2153 | Relating to the venue for prosecution of misdemeanor cases in justice courts. | Filed |
| HB 2177 | Relating to the power of a commissioners court to authorize ad valorem tax sales of real property to be conducted by means of online auctions. | Filed |
| HB 2180 | Relating to the creation of criminal law magistrates for Galveston County. | Filed |
| HB 2182 | Relating to the collection and refunding of certain fees and deposits by a county clerk or district clerk; increasing certain fees. | Filed |
| HB 2193 | Relating to the office of a public defender appointed by the Commissioners Court of Randall County. | Filed |
| HB 2196 | Relating to the promulgation of certain forms for use in probate matters. | Filed |
| HB 2211 | Relating to agreed venue selection in civil actions. | Filed |
| HB 2222 | Relating to the creation of a public integrity unit to prosecute offenses against public administration, including ethics offenses, offenses involving insurance fraud, and offenses involving motor fuels tax. | Filed |
| HB 2234 | Relating to the authority of a district clerk to post official and legal notices by electronic display. | Filed |
| HB 2268 | Relating to expunction of convictions and records in failure to attend school cases. | Filed |
| HB 2278 | Relating to authorizing certain current and retired associate judges to conduct a marriage ceremony. | Filed |
| HB 2281 | Relating to a feasibility study and report by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board regarding the establishment of a law school campus extension in El Paso. | Filed |
| HB 2282 | Relating to the procedures for protests and appeals of certain ad valorem tax determinations. | Filed |
| HB 2344 | Relating to filing requirements applicable to administrative writs of withholding for child support. | Filed |
| HB 2364 | Relating to the creation of an additional county criminal court at law in Harris County. | Filed |
| HB 2369 | Relating to the county courts at law in Bexar County. | Filed |
| HB 2370 | Relating to a bailiff administering the selection of names of persons for jury service. | Filed |
| HB 2372 | Relating to training requirements for juvenile correctional officers employed by the Texas Juvenile Justice Department. | Filed |
| HB 2395 | Relating to the testing of a juvenile for a sexually transmitted disease or human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) following the filing of a petition and a finding of probable cause that the juvenile has engaged in certain delinquent conduct. | Filed |
| HB 2396 | Relating to eliminating requirements that certain public institutions of higher education set aside portions of tuition for student loan repayment programs for certain physicians and state attorneys. | Filed |
| HB 2397 | Relating to public school interventions and procedures for truancy. | Filed |
| HB 2398 | Relating to court jurisdiction and procedures relating to truancy; establishing judicial donation trust funds; providing criminal penalties; imposing a court cost. | Filed |
| HB 2411 | Relating to the appointment of an associate judge in a family law proceeding involving a name change. | Filed |
| HB 2418 | Relating to decedents' estates. | Filed |
| HB 2446 | Relating to a study and report on online law schools and on the licensing of attorneys who obtain degrees through online or correspondence law schools or who become licensed through other nontraditional methods. | Filed |
| HB 2447 | Relating to the creation of an advisory committee to examine and recommend revisions to any state laws pertaining to juvenile records. | Filed |
| HB 2455 | Relating to the establishment of a task force to promote uniformity in the collection and reporting of information relating to family violence, sexual assault, stalking, and human trafficking. | Filed |
| HB 2512 | Relating to the adoption of a uniform collaborative law Act. | Filed |
| HB 2524 | Relating to legal services provided by a district or county attorney to county and precinct officials. | Filed |
| HB 2525 | Relating to the appointment of counsel to represent indigent defendants in criminal cases. | Filed |
| HB 2531 | Relating to the regulation of abortion procedures; providing civil penalties; affecting the prosecution of a criminal offense. | Filed |
| HB 2536 | Relating to jurisdiction in an eminent domain proceeding in Harris County. | Filed |
| HB 2573 | Relating to a deceptive trade practice related to the use of certain words to imply that a person who is not an attorney is authorized to practice law and the prosecution of a cause of action arising from that practice. | Filed |
| HB 2616 | Relating to procedures related to juvenile justice proceedings; increasing the punishment for certain delinquent conduct. | Filed |
| HB 2617 | Relating to reorganizing the grand jury as the probable cause jury. | Filed |
| HB 2624 | Relating to the effects of default on a student loan administered by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board on renewal of certain licenses. | Filed |
| HB 2626 | Relating to the creation of an advisory committee to examine and recommend a plan to increase the minimum age of juvenile jurisdiction. | Filed |
| HB 2632 | Relating to removing a criminal penalty and authorizing a civil penalty for truancy. | Filed |
| HB 2657 | Relating to jurisdiction and court administration of the El Paso Criminal Law Magistrate Court. | Filed |
| HB 2700 | Relating to the release of bulk criminal history record information by certain individuals and agencies. | Filed |
| HB 2710 | Relating to the duty of an attorney ad litem to locate and represent a defendant in a suit to collect a delinquent ad valorem tax. | Filed |
| HB 2723 | Relating to the appointment of an attorney ad litem for a parent in certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship. | Filed |
| HB 2727 | Relating to the administration of multicounty statutory county courts and to the 1st Multicounty Court at Law. | Filed |
| HB 2730 | Relating to the Thirteenth Court of Appeals District and to the creation of the Fifteenth Court of Appeals District; authorizing fees. | Filed |
| HB 2747 | Relating to qualifications to serve as a petit juror. | Filed |
| HB 2750 | Relating to legal services provided by a district or county attorney to county and precinct officials. | Filed |
| HB 2754 | Relating to filing requirements for candidates for certain judicial offices. | Filed |
| HB 2766 | Relating to the confidentiality of a person's date of birth; affecting the prosecution of the offense of distribution or misuse of confidential information. | Filed |
| HB 2768 | Relating to the operation and administration of and practice in courts in the judicial branch of state government and the composition of certain juvenile boards. | Filed |
| HB 2774 | Relating to the annual state salary supplement for certain county judges. | Filed |
| HB 2793 | Relating to detention of juveniles accused only of running away from home. | Filed |
| HB 2794 | Relating to a delayed birth certificate; creating a criminal offense. | Filed |
| HB 2816 | Relating to legislative and judicial review of state agency rulemaking. | Filed |
| HB 2817 | Relating to fees and costs imposed by mortgagees or mortgage servicers for certain legal services performed by an attorney. | Filed |
| HB 2821 | Relating to court jurisdiction and procedures for truancy. | Filed |
| HB 2822 | Relating to a notice or document sent by mail or electronic mail by a court, justice, judge, magistrate, or clerk of a judicial court. | Filed |
| HB 2825 | Relating to the provision and administration of indigent defense services. | Filed |
| HB 2858 | Relating to the recusal or disqualification of a statutory probate judge or other judge authorized to hear probate, guardianship, or mental health matters, and the subsequent assignment of another judge. | Filed |
| HB 2868 | Relating to the imposition of additional fees for filing civil cases and for recording certain documents in Hidalgo County. | Filed |
| HB 2890 | Relating to the annual state salary supplement for certain county judges. | Filed |
| HB 2894 | Relating to the election of certain county bail bond board members. | Filed |
| HB 2895 | Relating to the payment of certain attorney ad litem fees in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship filed by a governmental entity. | Filed |
| HB 2920 | Relating to the eligibility of a former or retired statutory probate court judge for assignment as a visiting judge. | Filed |
| HB 2923 | Relating to the conditions of confinement of children prior to certain judicial proceedings. | Filed |
| HB 2931 | Relating to the secure confinement of certain children. | Filed |
| HB 2934 | Relating to prohibiting the use of a mechanical or physical restraint on a child during a judicial proceeding in the juvenile court. | Filed |
| HB 2937 | Relating to the cancellation of a person's voter registration on notice that the person has acknowledged that the person is not a citizen. | Filed |
| HB 2964 | Relating to staff and support personnel appointed by certain judges. | Filed |
| HB 2969 | Relating to the provision of funding for indigent defense services. | Filed |
| HB 2992 | Relating to the functions of the Texas Juvenile Justice Department. | Filed |
| HB 3003 | Relating to the appointment of counsel in certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship. | Filed |
| HB 3007 | Relating to the carrying of concealed handguns in a courthouse by certain court clerks. | Filed |
| HB 3037 | Relating to the border prosecution unit. | Filed |
| HB 3051 | Relating to an exemption for attorneys from athlete agent registration. | Filed |
| HB 3090 | Relating to the regulation of for-profit legal service contract companies, administrators, and sales representatives; providing an administrative penalty; authorizing a fee; requiring an occupational registration. | Filed |
| HB 3123 | Relating to governmental entities subject to the sunset review process. | Filed |
| HB 3214 | Relating to the imposition of an additional fee for filing civil cases in certain Kaufman County courts. | Filed |
| HB 3218 | Relating to litigation financing transactions. | Filed |
| HB 3231 | Relating to perpetual care cemeteries. | Filed |
| HB 3275 | Relating to prohibited denial of a stay of proceedings for a contested case for which an interlocutory appeal has been filed. | Filed |
| HB 3276 | Relating to automatic expunction of arrest records and files for certain persons who are tried for an offense and subsequently acquitted. | Filed |
| HB 3277 | Relating to the authority of the office of independent ombudsman with the Texas Juvenile Justice Department in regard to juveniles in custody in certain facilities. | Filed |
| HB 3284 | Relating to venue for the appeal of a judgment of a district court determining an ad valorem tax appeal. | Filed |
| HB 3285 | Relating to the creation of a judicial district composed of Kendall County, the composition of the 216th Judicial District, the creation of a criminal district attorney of Kendall County, and the abolishment of the County Court at Law of Kendall County and the office of county attorney of Kendall County. | Filed |
| HB 3297 | Relating to pretrial settlement discussions during ad valorem tax appeals. | Filed |
| HB 3319 | Relating to procedures and fees for the safekeeping of wills and other fees collected by court clerks in probate matters; authorizing and increasing fees. | Filed |
| HB 3338 | Relating to the appointment of counsel for indigent defendants arrested for, charged with, or taking appeal from a conviction of an assault punishable by fine only. | Filed |
| HB 3364 | Relating to the appeal of a judgment in an eviction suit. | Filed |
| HB 3365 | Relating to the compensation and benefits of presiding judges of administrative judicial regions. | Filed |
| HB 3376 | Relating to the appointment of bailiffs in family district courts in Tarrant County. | Filed |
| HB 3377 | Relating to the service retirement annuity for certain members of the Judicial Retirement System of Texas Plan Two who resume service. | Filed |
| HB 3382 | Relating to the compensation of associate judges appointed to hear Title IV-D cases or child protection cases. | Filed |
| HB 3386 | Relating to bailiffs in the county courts at law of Tarrant County. | Filed |
| HB 3394 | Relating to a direct action against an insurer and insured by third parties and required provisions of a liability insurance policy. | Filed |
| HB 3414 | Relating to advance directives and health care and treatment decisions. | Filed |
| HB 3424 | Relating to a study and report on the establishment of a central database containing information about certain individuals under guardianship. | Filed |
| HB 3426 | Relating to concurrent jurisdiction of a statutory county court with a district court in certain civil cases. | Filed |
| HB 3430 | Relating to the jurisdiction of the supreme court and the court of criminal appeals. | Filed |
| HB 3432 | Relating to the option of providing electronic recordings of proceedings in the municipal court of record for the City of Houston. | Filed |
| HB 3459 | Relating to service of process in this state. | Filed |
| HB 3501 | Relating to the placement of a student who is a moderate or high risk sex offender in a juvenile justice alternative education program or a disciplinary alternative education program with certain monitoring requirements. | Filed |
| HB 3543 | Relating to the establishment of the Public Integrity Prosecutions Committee and the Office of Public Integrity Prosecutions for the prosecution of offenses against public administration, including ethics offenses, offenses involving insurance fraud, and offenses involving motor fuels tax and to the appointment of committee members and the appointment and compensation of the prosecutor. | Filed |
| HB 3631 | Relating to administration of a justice court technology fund in certain counties by a justice of the peace council. | Filed |
| HB 3633 | Relating to reimbursement for the costs of legal services provided to an indigent defendant in a criminal case. | Filed |
| HB 3635 | Relating to evidence in a civil action concerning the provision and cost of certain services. | Filed |
| HB 3656 | Relating to the use of telephone interpreter services in any criminal proceeding before a judge or magistrate. | Filed |
| HB 3665 | Relating to the commitment of certain juveniles to post-adjudication secure correctional facilities in certain counties and to the release under supervision of those juveniles. | Filed |
| HB 3697 | Relating to a study by the Texas Department of Insurance to research and evaluate claims data and the recovery of attorney's fees in first-party insurance claims. | Filed |
| HB 3728 | Relating to the administration of veterans court program proceedings before a magistrate. | Filed |
| HB 3729 | Relating to inclusion of family members of veterans court program participants in the treatment and services provided to the participants under the program. | Filed |
| HB 3737 | Relating to the clerk of the county court at law of Hill County. | Filed |
| HB 3747 | Relating to the issuance of a concealed handgun license to certain retired judicial officers. | Filed |
| HB 3759 | Relating to the role of a jury in a criminal case. | Filed |
| HB 3802 | Relating to intervention by a foster parent in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship. | Filed |
| HB 3830 | Relating to the participation of students under the supervision of the Texas Department of Juvenile Justice in University Interscholastic League athletic activities. | Filed |
| HB 3852 | Relating to contempt of court committed by certain juvenile offenders and the detention of certain juvenile offenders. | Filed |
| HB 3855 | Relating to the courts authorized to hear certain matters relating to a capias pro fine. | Filed |
| HB 3870 | Relating to the appointment of a master in chancery in certain counties to aid in the determination of certain ad valorem tax appeals. | Filed |
| HB 3880 | Relating to the requirements for placement on a general primary election ballot as a candidate for certain judicial offices. | Filed |
| HB 3892 | Relating to a study conducted by the Office of Court Administration of the Texas Judicial System | Filed |
| HB 3893 | Relating to the recording and disclosure of certain grand jury proceedings that involve a governmental employee. | Filed |
| HB 3906 | Relating to the transfer of jurisdiction and the appointment of an attorney ad litem or guardian ad litem in certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship. | Filed |
| HB 3913 | Relating to the affidavit required to be exempt from jury service due to a physical or mental impairment. | Filed |
| HB 3914 | Relating to certain court-initiated guardianship proceedings involving individuals believed to be incapacitated persons including the appointment of a guardian ad litem or court investigator. | Filed |
| HB 3927 | Relating to the creation of the constable technology fund; authorizing a fee. | Filed |
| HB 3932 | Relating to a recording of certain proceedings of the Texas Supreme Court and the Court of Criminal Appeals and the publication of the recordings. | Filed |
| HB 3941 | Relating to the creation of an additional family district court for Fort Bend County. | Filed |
| HB 3965 | Relating to the persons who are eligible for appointment as a temporary justice of the peace. | Filed |
| HB 3994 | Relating to notice of and consent to an abortion for a minor and associated requirements; amending provisions subject to a criminal penalty. | Filed |
| HB 3996 | Relating to the donation of juror reimbursements. | Filed |
| HB 3997 | Relating to prosecution of violations of the open meetings law and the open records law. | Filed |
| HB 4003 | Relating to the redaction of personally identifiable information of victims from juvenile court records. | Filed |
| HB 4009 | Relating to the appointment of associate judges for child protection cases. | Filed |
| HB 4045 | Relating to the issuance of certain search warrants. | Filed |
| HB 4048 | Relating to mental health assessments and evaluations of children in foster care. | Filed |
| HB 4050 | Relating to certain fees paid by political subdivisions in connection with the ordering or performance of an autopsy. | Filed |
| HB 4058 | Relating to intervention in guardianship proceedings. | Filed |
| HB 4086 | Relating to the right to a de novo hearing before the referring court regarding a temporary order rendered by an associate judge in certain family law proceedings. | Filed |
| HB 4103 | Relating to oaths and affirmations of certain judges of municipal courts. | Filed |
| HB 4104 | Relating to the disposition of fines and costs imposed on an appeal of a misdemeanor case from municipal court. | Filed |
| HB 4109 | Relating to the collection of money by certain prosecuting attorneys. | Filed |
| HB 4213 | Relating to the jurisdiction of the County Court of Jefferson County. | Filed |
| HB 4215 | Relating to the statutory county courts in Denton County. | Filed |
| HB 4199 | Relating to the Harrison County Court at Law. | Filed |
| HB 4169 | Relating to the County Court at Law of Coryell County. | Filed |
| HB 4151 | Relating to the creation of an additional county court at law in Collin County. | Filed |
| HCR 53 | Inviting the chief justice of the Supreme Court of Texas to address a joint session of the legislature on February 18, 2015. | Filed |
| HCR 115 | Requesting the Texas Supreme Court to study ways to eliminate court filing fees. | Filed |
| HJR 32 | Proposing a constitutional amendment requiring a court of this state to uphold and apply certain laws, including the doctrine requiring courts to refrain from involvement in religious doctrinal interpretation or application. | Filed |
| HJR 62 | Proposing a constitutional amendment requiring the recording of certain proceedings of the Texas Supreme Court and the Court of Criminal Appeals and the publication of the recordings. | Filed |
| HJR 81 | Proposing a constitutional amendment changing the terms of office of a district judge. | Filed |
| HJR 84 | Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to exempt from ad valorem taxation the total assessed value of the residence homestead of a veteran or current member of the armed services of the United States while the veteran or current service member participates in a veterans court program. | Filed |
| HJR 90 | Proposing a constitutional amendment to abolish the court of criminal appeals and establish one supreme court with civil and criminal appellate jurisdiction. | Filed |
| HJR 112 | Proposing a constitutional amendment to change the composition of the grand jury. | Filed |
| HJR 122 | Proposing a constitutional amendment establishing the Texas Redistricting Commission to redistrict the Texas Legislature and Texas congressional districts and revising procedures for redistricting. | Filed |
| HR 3425 | Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction, H.B. No. 3123. | Filed |
| SB 10 | Relating to the prosecution of offenses against public administration, including ethics offenses. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 33 | Relating to the offense of hazing. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 60 | Relating to video recordings made by children's advocacy centers. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 64 | Relating to appellate court procedures and deadlines in a civil action. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 81 | Relating to the creation of a commission to examine and prevent wrongful convictions. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 104 | Relating to the age of criminal responsibility and to certain substantive and procedural matters related to that age. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 106 | Relating to court jurisdiction and procedures relating to truancy; providing criminal penalties; imposing a court cost. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 108 | Relating to certain criminal procedures for misdemeanor offenses committed by children. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 112 | Relating to the authority of a magistrate to prohibit certain communications in an order for emergency protection; amending provisions subject to a criminal penalty. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 135 | Relating to the organization of a grand jury. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 151 | Relating to employer retaliation against employees who seek recovery of unpaid wages and procedures in wage claim hearings conducted by the Texas Workforce Commission; providing administrative penalties. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 166 | Relating to the jurisdiction and powers of and the referral of certain proceedings to a criminal law hearing officer in Cameron County. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 183 | Relating to the offenses of the violation of civil rights of and improper sexual activity with individuals in custody; imposing a criminal penalty. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 226 | Relating to the applicability of the death penalty to a capital offense committed by a person with an intellectual disability. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 260 | Relating to caseloads for attorneys who are appointed to represent indigent defendants in criminal cases. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 268 | Relating to the duties of a magistrate to inform an arrested person of consequences of a plea of guilty or nolo contendere. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 283 | Relating to requirements for the nonjudicial foreclosure of certain residential mortgage liens. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 284 | Relating to service of citation in connection with an application for an expedited court order allowing the foreclosure of a contract lien. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 285 | Relating to court jurisdiction and procedures for truancy. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 286 | Relating to additional primary election ballot information for judicial candidates. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 287 | Relating to the elimination of certain court fees and costs and to the bill of costs provided to a defendant. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 290 | Relating to the recording of a proceeding in a municipal court in San Antonio. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 291 | Relating to the jurisdiction of a county court at law in Tarrant County. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 292 | Relating to a request for a waiver of the waiting period before human remains may be cremated. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 306 | Relating to the information included in the annual report of the State Commission on Judicial Conduct. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 316 | Relating to the prioritization of certain available legal defense services when appointing representation for an indigent defendant in a criminal case. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 338 | Relating to duties of prosecutors. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 360 | Relating to regulatory takings. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 365 | Relating to the methods of recovery of stranded environmental compliance costs by certain non-ERCOT electric utilities. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 369 | Relating to jury instructions regarding the insanity defense in a criminal case. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 409 | Relating to the dissemination of confidential information contained in the juvenile justice information system. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 411 | Relating to the recording of certain grand jury proceedings that involve a peace officer. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 412 | Relating to the penalty for certain offenders for possession of a small amount of certain controlled substances. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 417 | Relating to the eligibility of certain persons to participate in a drug court program. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 418 | Relating to requests by the State Commission on Judicial Conduct for certain records held by court reporters. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 432 | Relating to continuation of an additional fee for filing civil cases in certain Dallas County courts. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 443 | Relating to a study and recommendations by the Texas Judicial Council on consolidating the court of criminal appeals and the supreme court or abolishing one of the courts and transferring that court's functions and jurisdiction to the other court. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 455 | Relating to special three-judge district courts convened to hear certain cases. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 457 | Relating to the authority of a justice of the peace to waive the waiting period for a marriage ceremony. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 466 | Relating to the affidavit required to be exempt from jury service due to a physical or mental impairment. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 469 | Relating to legal services provided by a district or county attorney to county and precinct officials. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 478 | Relating to the promulgation of certain forms for use in landlord-tenant matters. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 491 | Relating to consideration of asbestos or silica trust claims in certain actions asserting asbestos- or silica-related injuries. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 504 | Relating to the application of the professional prosecutors law to the district attorney for the 132nd Judicial District. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 512 | Relating to the promulgation of certain forms for use in probate matters. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 524 | Relating to a review of state laws requiring an action or proceeding to be brought in Travis County or a Travis County court. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 534 | Relating to the oath of a person admitted to practice law in the State of Texas. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 536 | Relating to the designation of certain prostitution prevention programs as commercially sexually exploited persons court programs. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 544 | Relating to reimbursement for the costs of legal services provided to an indigent defendant in a criminal case. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 549 | Relating to the creation of an additional judicial district composed of Coryell County. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 560 | Relating to procedures involving truancy and other fine-only misdemeanors committed by children. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 565 | Relating to designating the first week of May as Jury Appreciation Week. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 567 | Relating to the production of the index of the parties to all suits by the clerk of a district court; authorizing a fee. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 631 | Relating to the authority of certain contiguous municipalities to agree to extend municipal court jurisdiction. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 634 | Relating to the establishment of a task force on unethical and unlawful misconduct by public officials. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 643 | Relating to proceedings held in auxiliary facilities outside certain county seats. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 645 | Relating to the creation of an advisory committee to examine and recommend revisions to any state laws pertaining to juvenile records. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 662 | Relating to the representation of certain indigent applicants for a writ of habeas corpus. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 681 | Relating to a bailiff administering the selection of names of persons for jury service in certain counties. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 715 | Relating to sworn statements and other documentation provided to support the issuance of a search warrant. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 737 | Relating to certain protective orders and magistrate's orders for emergency protection. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 740 | Relating to the assessment of court costs and fees on conviction of multiple offenses or on conviction of multiple counts of the same offense. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 741 | Relating to criminal procedures related to certain offenses committed by a student on property under control of a school district. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 746 | Relating to the civil commitment of sexually violent predators; amending provisions subject to criminal penalties. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 764 | Relating to the creation of an additional family district court in Harris County. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 769 | Relating to reports to the Office of Court Administration of the Texas Judicial System on the composition of grand and petit juries in each county. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 770 | Relating to the creation of the Texas Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 772 | Relating to legal representation for certain emergency services districts. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 796 | Relating to the use of information from the lists of noncitizens excused or disqualified from jury service. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 800 | Relating to the authority of a district clerk to post official and legal notices by electronic display. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 812 | Relating to the appointment of an associate judge in a family law proceeding involving a name change. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 822 | Relating to the applicability of certain definitions and certain laws governing attorneys ad litem, guardians ad litem, and amicus attorneys in family law proceedings. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 824 | Relating to the number of jurors required in certain civil cases pending in a statutory county court. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 867 | Relating to the creation of criminal law magistrates for Galveston County. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 873 | Relating to the courts authorized to hear certain matters relating to a capias pro fine. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 888 | Relating to the appeal of waiver of jurisdiction and transfer to criminal court in juvenile cases. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 889 | Relating to jury instructions regarding eyewitness identification testimony in certain criminal cases. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 898 | Relating to charitable raffles conducted by certain professional sports team charitable foundations; providing penalties. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 905 | Relating to the appointment of a county auditor in certain counties. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 909 | Relating to the county courts at law in Bexar County. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 942 | Relating to warrants or orders issued to obtain certain information through installation or use of global positioning system wireless device trackers, international mobile subscriber identity locators, or other devices or equipment, and to public access to law enforcement or prosecutor requests for certain related location or communication information; creating an offense. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 943 | Relating to contempt of court committed by certain juvenile offenders and the detention of certain juvenile offenders. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 944 | Relating to the establishment of a task force to promote uniformity in the collection and reporting of information relating to family violence, sexual assault, stalking, and human trafficking. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 948 | Relating to mediation as an alternative dispute resolution process. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 962 | Relating to legislative and judicial review of state agency rulemaking. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 965 | Relating to the filing of a copy of certain records related to the release of an accused person on personal bond. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 966 | Relating to the recording of the presentment of an indictment by a grand jury. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 967 | Relating to the authority of a district clerk to collect certain fees for providing electronic copies of court records. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 980 | Relating to jurisdiction in an eminent domain proceeding in Harris County. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 986 | Relating to information obtained by a guardian ad litem representing a child in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 995 | Relating to decedents' estates. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 1022 | Relating to an unsworn declaration made by a private process server in the performance of the server's job duties. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 1025 | Relating to supplemental compensation paid to certain county judges. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 1040 | Relating to the courts authorized to hear certain matters relating to a capias pro fine. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 1056 | Relating to penalties for certain criminal offenses regarding operating a motor vehicle; imposing a fee and changing a surcharge. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 1057 | Relating to the provision of funding for indigent defense services. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 1060 | Relating to the regulation of public insurance adjusters. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 1083 | Relating to the punishment for a capital felony committed by an individual younger than 18 years of age; changing parole eligibility. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 1116 | Relating to a notice or document sent by mail or electronic mail by a court, justice, judge, magistrate, or clerk of a judicial court. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 1136 | Relating to the compensation of presiding judges of administrative judicial regions. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 1139 | Relating to the operation and administration of and practice in courts in the judicial branch of state government, the composition of certain juvenile boards, and the increase of certain filing fees. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 1149 | Relating to the commitment of certain juveniles to local post-adjudication secure correctional facilities in certain counties and to the release under supervision of those juveniles. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 1163 | Relating to advance directives and health care and treatment decisions. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 1195 | Relating to the use of telephone interpreter services in any criminal proceeding before a judge or magistrate. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 1217 | Relating to the duty of an attorney ad litem appointed for a child to meet with the child before court hearings. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 1218 | Relating to filing requirements applicable to administrative writs of withholding for child support. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 1223 | Relating to requiring the consent of all parties to legally intercept certain communications. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 1250 | Relating to certain rights of witnesses who appear before a grand jury; providing a penalty. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 1265 | Relating to the redaction of personally identifiable information of victims from juvenile court records. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 1270 | Relating to the compensation of associate judges appointed to hear Title IV-D cases and child protection cases. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 1278 | Relating to the creation of a judicial district composed of Kendall County, the composition of the 216th Judicial District, the creation of a criminal district attorney of Kendall County, and the abolishment of the County Court at Law of Kendall County and the office of county attorney of Kendall County. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 1310 | Relating to the administration of and eligibility for participation in a veterans court program and the automatic expunction of arrest records and files for certain veterans who successfully complete that program; imposing a court cost on conviction to benefit veterans court programs; changing a fee. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 1329 | Relating to the application of certain concealed handgun license laws to the attorney general, to assistant attorneys general, and to federal prosecutors, judges, and justices, and to the authority of those individuals to carry certain weapons. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 1333 | Relating to the secure confinement of certain children. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 1335 | Relating to the period after which a governmental entity must execute an expunction order. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 1341 | Relating to the transfer of certain court records. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 1350 | Relating to the jurisdiction of a county court at law in Hidalgo County. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 1353 | Relating to the provision and administration of indigent defense services. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 1359 | Relating to the duties of the county attorney in Aransas County and to the duties of the district attorney for the 36th Judicial District. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 1369 | Relating to reports on attorney ad litem, guardian ad litem, guardian, mediator, and competency evaluator appointments made by courts in this state and an interim study on a billing system for attorneys ad litem. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 1370 | Relating to a court reporter for the county court at law in Kleberg County. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 1401 | Relating to the creation of an advisory committee to examine and recommend a plan to increase the minimum age of juvenile jurisdiction. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 1430 | Relating to eligibility of attorneys who hold a law license issued by another state to take the state bar examination. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 1452 | Relating to the power of a commissioners court to authorize ad valorem tax sales of real property to be conducted by means of online auctions. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 1455 | Relating to certain required reports, plans, and other documents prepared by state agencies and institutions of higher education. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 1474 | Relating to the redesignation of veterans court programs as veterans treatment court programs and the eligibility for participation in and administration of those programs. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 1505 | Relating to expunction of certain criminal records. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 1516 | Relating to the calculation of a service retirement annuity for certain members of the elected class. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 1517 | Relating to the appointment of counsel to represent indigent defendants in criminal cases. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 1534 | Relating to venue in a lawsuit against the State of Texas or a state agency. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 1557 | Relating to a court investigator hired by a statutory probate court. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 1564 | Relating to the regulation of abortion procedures; providing civil penalties; affecting the prosecution of a criminal offense. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 1571 | Relating to the County Court of Cooke County. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 1620 | Relating to qualifications of special judges. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 1621 | Relating to a court administrator hired by a statutory probate court. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 1630 | Relating to the commitment of juveniles in post-adjudication secure correctional facilities operated by the Texas Juvenile Justice Department and by local probation departments. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 1633 | Relating to criminal conduct in connection with an election. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 1665 | Relating to the recusal or disqualification of a statutory probate judge or other judge authorized to hear probate, guardianship, or mental health matters, and the subsequent assignment of another judge. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 1667 | Relating to the powers and duties of, and the application of the professional prosecutors law to, the county attorney of Guadalupe County and to abolishing the office of district attorney of the 25th Judicial District. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 1702 | Relating to the elimination of straight-party voting for judicial offices. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 1705 | Relating to the testing of a juvenile for a sexually transmitted disease or human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) following the filing of a petition and a finding of probable cause that the juvenile has engaged in certain delinquent conduct. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 1707 | Relating to the sealing of certain juvenile records. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 1710 | Relating to the creation of an additional county criminal court at law in Harris County. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 1740 | Relating to the authority of certain judges in criminal cases to review and modify a bail bond set by a municipal court judge or justice of the peace. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 1767 | Relating to certain required reports, plans, and other documents prepared by state agencies and institutions of higher education. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 1796 | Relating to a vacancy in the office of a member of the legislature on final conviction of a felony. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 1847 | Relating to the option of providing electronic recordings of proceedings in the municipal court of record for the City of Houston. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 1855 | Relating to appeals of certain determinations by an animal control authority or certain courts. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 1876 | Relating to the appointment of attorneys ad litem, guardians ad litem, mediators, and guardians in certain counties. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 1887 | Relating to the period for which a defendant with an intellectual disability who is found incompetent to stand trial may be civilly committed before the court holds a hearing to determine whether the defendant's release is appropriate. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 1906 | Relating to the distribution of certain civil penalties, civil restitution, and other payments received by the attorney general. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 1913 | Relating to a court administrator in certain counties. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 1925 | Relating to the dedication of revenue received from certain court costs to the truancy prevention and diversion fund. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 1929 | Relating to the transfer of jurisdiction and the appointment of an attorney ad litem or guardian ad litem in certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 1930 | Relating to the appointment of counsel in certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 1931 | Relating to the appointment of an attorney ad litem for a parent in certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 1938 | Relating to the creation of an additional family district court for Fort Bend County. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 1942 | Relating to the doctrine of forum non conveniens. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 1958 | Relating to the election of certain county bail bond board members. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 1960 | Relating to the release of bulk criminal history record information by certain individuals and agencies. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 1961 | Relating to the appointment and duties of criminal magistrates for certain courts in Hidalgo County. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 1964 | Relating to the imposition of additional fees for filing civil cases and for recording certain documents in Hidalgo County and Cameron County. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 1970 | Relating to increasing the electronic filing fee for certain courts. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 2000 | Relating to jurisdiction and court administration of the El Paso Criminal Law Magistrate Court. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 2048 | Relating to a privilege from disclosure to governmental units for certain evidence concerning sermons delivered by a religious leader. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 2068 | Relating to the Harrison County Court at Law. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SJR 8 | Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to require a court to provide notice to the attorney general of a challenge to the constitutionality of a state statute and authorizing the legislature to prescribe a waiting period before the court may enter a judgment holding the statute unconstitutional. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
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