Chair
State Representative (R)
Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
House Committee
Vice Chair
State Representative (D)
Committee members
Referred bills
| Bill | Category | Caption | Date Referred to Committee |
|---|---|---|---|
| HB 230 | Judiciary Legal Issues |
Relating to recovery of attorney's fees in certain civil cases. | 02/10/2015 |
| HB 234 | Animal Rights and Wildlife Issues Judiciary Legal Issues |
Relating to certain costs associated with certain court proceedings for cruelly treated animals; authorizing fees and costs. | 02/10/2015 |
| HB 257 | Business and Consumers Commerce Crime Judiciary State Agencies |
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. | 02/11/2015 |
| HB 241 | Judiciary Legal Issues Technology and Communication |
Relating to substituted service of citation through a social media presence. | 02/11/2015 |
| HB 264 | Health Housing and Property Judiciary Legal Issues Municipal and County Issues |
Relating to procedures for asserting taking claims against certain governmental entities. | 02/11/2015 |
| HB 188 | Civil Liberties and Civil Rights Crime State Agencies |
Relating to the composition, duties, and continuation of the human trafficking prevention task force. | 02/11/2015 |
| HB 262 | Agriculture and Food Housing and Property Legal Issues Other |
Relating to liability of an owner, lessee, or occupant of land that allows land to be used as a community garden. | 02/11/2015 |
| HB 388 | Family and Children Issues Other Social Issues |
Relating to the duration of protective orders issued in cases of family violence against persons who are subsequently confined or imprisoned. | 02/12/2015 |
| HB 416 | Civil Liberties and Civil Rights Crime Health Labor and Employment Reproductive Issues State Agencies |
Relating to requiring personnel of abortion facilities and certain other facilities performing abortions to complete training on human trafficking. | 02/16/2015 |
| HB 520 | Judiciary |
Relating to the assignment of certain judges as a visiting judge. | 02/16/2015 |
| HB 398 | Judiciary |
Relating to the creation of an additional judicial district composed of Coryell County. | 02/16/2015 |
| HB 402 | Judiciary |
Relating to the terms of court for the 52nd District Court. | 02/16/2015 |
| HB 543 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Executive Branch Judiciary Legislative Affairs Other State Agencies Transportation |
Relating to the creation of a specialty court for certain first-time DWI offenders; imposing fees for participation and alcohol monitoring. | 02/18/2015 |
| HB 604 | Legal Issues |
Relating to the collection of certain judgments through court proceeding. | 02/19/2015 |
| HB 610 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Business and Consumers Commerce Legal Issues |
Relating to the statute of limitations for an action on a credit card account. | 02/19/2015 |
| HB 419 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Legal Issues |
Relating to federal income tax liability for certain damages awarded in certain civil actions. | 02/19/2015 |
| HB 638 | Crime Legal Issues |
Relating to annuity payments to surviving spouses and designated beneficiaries of persons wrongfully imprisoned. | 02/19/2015 |
| HB 634 | Crime Family and Children Issues Legal Issues State Agencies |
Relating to the rights of a guardian of a person in the criminal justice system. | 02/19/2015 |
| HB 705 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Legal Issues |
Relating to access to a financial institution account of a person who dies intestate. | 02/23/2015 |
| HB 750 | Housing and Property Legal Issues Transportation |
Relating to a landowner's liability for certain aviation activities on or above the owner's land. | 02/23/2015 |
| HB 820 | Health Insurance Legal Issues Other Public Services State Agencies Transportation |
Relating to liability for injury arising from certain motor vehicle accidents. | 02/23/2015 |
| HB 828 | Judiciary Legal Issues Social Issues |
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. | 02/23/2015 |
| HB 704 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Legal Issues |
Relating to disclosures on selection or modification of an account by a customer of a financial institution. | 02/23/2015 |
| HB 703 | Housing and Property Legal Issues |
Relating to authorizing a revocable deed that transfers real property at the transferor's death. | 02/23/2015 |
| HB 920 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues Executive Branch Judiciary |
Relating to additional primary election ballot information for judicial candidates. | 02/25/2015 |
| HB 670 | Judiciary Legal Issues |
Relating to the application of foreign laws and foreign forum selection in this state. | 02/26/2015 |
| HB 562 | Family and Children Issues Legal Issues |
Relating to the application of foreign laws and foreign forum selection in a proceeding involving marriage, a suit for dissolution of a marriage, or a suit affecting the parent-child relationship in this state. | 02/26/2015 |
| HB 899 | Family and Children Issues Legal Issues |
Relating to the application of foreign laws and foreign forum selection in certain family law proceedings. | 02/26/2015 |
| HJR 62 | Crime Judiciary Legislative Affairs Other Technology and Communication |
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. | 02/26/2015 |
| HB 723 | Family and Children Issues Judiciary Reproductive Issues |
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. | 03/02/2015 |
| HB 1029 | Commerce Housing and Property |
Relating to trusts. | 03/02/2015 |
| HB 969 | Crime Legal Issues |
Relating to discovery of evidence of the net worth of a defendant in connection with a claim for exemplary damages. | 03/02/2015 |
| HB 1040 | Education Legal Issues Other Recreation |
Relating to the liability of certain sports officials and organizations. | 03/02/2015 |
| HB 1089 | Judiciary |
Relating to the creation of an additional judicial district composed of Ector County. | 03/02/2015 |
| HB 1080 | Judiciary Transportation |
Relating to the definition of a state judge for purposes of state driver's license and personal identification laws. | 03/02/2015 |
| HB 956 | Crime Health Legal Issues |
Relating to the scope of a health care liability claim. | 03/02/2015 |
| HB 968 | Business and Consumers Civil Liberties and Civil Rights Commerce Crime Legal Issues |
Relating to civil liability of shareholders and members of certain legal entities that engage in the trafficking of persons. | 03/02/2015 |
| HB 1050 | Agriculture and Food Legal Issues Other |
Relating to liability of food donors. | 03/02/2015 |
| HB 1079 | Executive Branch Judiciary Legal Issues |
Relating to the distribution of certain civil penalties, payments, and civil restitution received by the attorney general. | 03/02/2015 |
| HB 1124 | Legal Issues Other State Agencies |
Relating to adjudication of claims arising from written contracts with state agencies. | 03/02/2015 |
| HB 1116 | Health Labor and Employment Legal Issues Other Public Services Social Issues |
Relating to the liability of certain social workers who provide volunteer health care services to charitable organizations. | 03/02/2015 |
| HB 1102 | Crime Family and Children Issues Legal Issues Social Issues |
Relating to the statute of limitations for a suit for personal injury arising from certain offenses constituting sexual abuse of a child. | 03/02/2015 |
| HB 1090 | Crime Judiciary Labor and Employment Municipal and County Issues Public Services |
Relating to exemption of certain firefighters and police officers from jury service. | 03/02/2015 |
| HB 1122 | Judiciary |
Relating to civil jurisdiction of, and the number of jurors required in, certain civil cases pending in a statutory county court. | 03/02/2015 |
| HB 866 | Health Judiciary Labor and Employment |
Relating to the exemption from jury service of a person who is the primary caretaker of another person. | 03/02/2015 |
| HB 1005 | Crime Judiciary |
Relating to allowing judges to use juror identification numbers when polling the jury. | 03/03/2015 |
| HJR 32 | Judiciary Legal Issues Legislative Affairs Social Issues |
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. | 03/03/2015 |
| HB 25 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues Executive Branch Judiciary |
Relating to the elimination of straight-party voting for judicial offices. | 03/03/2015 |
| HB 1200 | Crime Family and Children Issues Health Legal Issues |
Relating to civil liability of a person who produces, distributes, sells, or provides or aids in the production, distribution, sale, or provision of certain synthetic substances to another person for damages caused by the other person. | 03/03/2015 |
| HB 1167 | Family and Children Issues Judiciary Municipal and County Issues |
Relating to the creation of an additional family district court in Harris County. | 03/03/2015 |
| HB 1091 | Executive Branch Judiciary |
Relating to special three-judge district courts convened to hear certain cases. | 03/04/2015 |
| HB 987 | Family and Children Issues Reproductive Issues |
Relating to gestational agreements. | 03/04/2015 |
| HB 1129 | Judiciary Other |
Relating to an exemption from the attorney occupation tax for attorneys exclusively offering pro bono legal services. | 03/04/2015 |
| HB 1455 | Housing and Property Legal Issues |
Relating to procedures required before certain condominium associations file a suit or initiate an arbitration proceeding for a defect or design claim. | 03/04/2015 |
| HB 1453 | Family and Children Issues Other Social Issues |
Relating to a dismissal or nonsuit of an application for a protective order. | 03/04/2015 |
| HB 1175 | Crime Family and Children Issues Judiciary |
Relating to certain privileges of a child in a criminal or civil proceeding involving the child's parent or guardian. | 03/04/2015 |
| HB 1176 | Crime Family and Children Issues Judiciary |
Relating to certain privileges of a parent or guardian in a criminal or civil proceeding involving a child of the parent or guardian. | 03/04/2015 |
| HB 1353 | Legal Issues Other |
Relating to a certificate of merit in certain actions against certain licensed or registered professionals. | 03/05/2015 |
| HB 1306 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Judiciary |
Relating to the reimbursement of expenses incurred by court reporters in judicial districts composed of more than one county. | 03/05/2015 |
| HB 1334 | Housing and Property Judiciary Legal Issues |
Relating to the appeal of a residential eviction suit. | 03/05/2015 |
| HB 1313 | Executive Branch Judiciary Public Services State Agencies Transportation |
Relating to ensuring the removal of the names of deceased persons from the jury wheel. | 03/05/2015 |
| HB 1330 | Health |
Relating to the payment of costs incurred by the involuntary commitment of persons with mental illness. | 03/05/2015 |
| HB 1329 | Health Municipal and County Issues |
Relating to the payment of costs incurred by the involuntary commitment of persons with mental illness. | 03/05/2015 |
| HB 1319 | Health Legal Issues State Agencies Technology and Communication |
Relating to use of health information technology in this state; creating a criminal offense. | 03/05/2015 |
| HB 1444 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues Executive Branch |
Relating to the elimination in certain counties of straight-party voting for certain offices. | 03/05/2015 |
| HB 247 | Legal Issues |
Relating to limits on certain actions arising out of attorney's fee agreements. | 03/05/2015 |
| HB 1688 | Judiciary |
Relating to proceedings held in auxiliary facilities outside certain county seats. | 03/09/2015 |
| HB 1660 | Crime Family and Children Issues Judiciary Other Technology and Communication |
Relating to certain protective orders and magistrate's orders for emergency protection. | 03/09/2015 |
| HB 1492 | Legal Issues |
Relating to consideration of asbestos or silica trust claims in certain actions asserting asbestos- or silica-related injuries. | 03/09/2015 |
| HB 1666 | Health Labor and Employment Legal Issues Public Services |
Relating to the liability of certain persons for damages arising from training exercises to prepare the persons to respond to certain emergencies. | 03/09/2015 |
| HB 1560 | Education Family and Children Issues Health Housing and Property |
Relating to investment options for property recovered in a suit by a next friend or guardian ad litem on behalf of a minor or incapacitated person. | 03/09/2015 |
| HB 1591 | Judiciary |
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. | 03/09/2015 |
| HB 1644 | Judiciary Other |
Relating to the oath of a person admitted to practice law in the State of Texas. | 03/09/2015 |
| HB 1630 | Legal Issues Other State Agencies |
Relating to certain limitations on settlement agreements with a governmental unit. | 03/09/2015 |
| HB 1367 | Legal Issues Reproductive Issues |
Relating to eliminating the wrongful birth and wrongful life causes of action. | 03/09/2015 |
| HB 1580 | Judiciary |
Relating to a court reporter for the county court at law in Kleberg County. | 03/09/2015 |
| HB 1494 | Judiciary |
Relating to the filing by a court reporter of an official transcript of a court proceeding. | 03/09/2015 |
| HB 1403 | Crime Health Labor and Employment Legal Issues |
Relating to the definition of health care liability claim for the purposes of certain laws governing those claims. | 03/09/2015 |
| HB 1416 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues Crime Judiciary Legal Issues |
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. | 03/09/2015 |
| HB 1406 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Campaign Finance and Election Issues Housing and Property Legal Issues |
Relating to the liability of a political subdivision of this state for certain claims relating to land acquired by the political subdivision under certain circumstances. | 03/09/2015 |
| HB 1438 | Family and Children Issues Health Labor and Employment |
Relating to probate matters, including guardianships and other matters related to incapacitated persons. | 03/09/2015 |
| HB 1520 | Judiciary |
Relating to the assignment to a trial court of a judge or justice who was defeated in a primary or general election. | 03/10/2015 |
| HB 1510 | Crime Housing and Property Legal Issues |
Relating to liability of persons who lease dwellings to persons with criminal records. | 03/10/2015 |
| HB 1439 | Family and Children Issues Immigration Judiciary |
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. | 03/10/2015 |
| HB 1511 | Judiciary Transportation |
Relating to appointment of a municipal judge to serve as a visiting justice of the peace in certain proceedings involving misdemeanor traffic offenses. | 03/10/2015 |
| HB 1433 | Health Insurance |
Relating to prompt payment of health care claims, including payment for immunizations, vaccines, and serums. | 03/10/2015 |
| HB 1419 | Legal Issues State Agencies |
Relating to contested cases conducted under the Administrative Procedure Act. | 03/10/2015 |
| HB 1558 | Family and Children Issues Health Municipal and County Issues Other |
Relating to the authority of a municipality to regulate churches that provide overnight shelter for children. | 03/11/2015 |
| HB 1861 | Judiciary |
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. | 03/11/2015 |
| HB 1847 | Commerce Housing and Property |
Relating to the designation of the trustee of an express trust as a beneficiary of a trust account or a P.O.D. payee of a P.O.D. account. | 03/11/2015 |
| HB 1859 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Judiciary Other |
Relating to the production of the index of the parties to all suits by the clerk of a district court; authorizing a fee. | 03/11/2015 |
| HB 1923 | Judiciary Legal Issues |
Relating to qualifications of special judges. | 03/11/2015 |
| HB 1909 | Judiciary Other |
Relating to the oath of a person admitted to practice law in the State of Texas. | 03/11/2015 |
| HB 1922 | Judiciary |
Relating to a court administrator hired by a statutory probate court. | 03/11/2015 |
| HB 1851 | Housing and Property Judiciary Other |
Relating to promulgation of certain forms for use in landlord-tenant matters. | 03/11/2015 |
| HB 2182 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Crime Judiciary |
Relating to the collection and refunding of certain fees and deposits by a county clerk or district clerk; increasing certain fees. | 03/12/2015 |
| HB 1806 | Judiciary Legal Issues |
Relating to service of process in this state. | 03/12/2015 |
| HB 1818 | Judiciary Municipal and County Issues |
Relating to the creation of additional county courts at law in Cameron County. | 03/12/2015 |
| HB 1988 | Legal Issues |
Relating to the liability of sellers and manufacturers for the misuse of a product. | 03/12/2015 |
| HB 1817 | Judiciary |
Relating to the application of the professional prosecutors law to the district attorney for the 132nd Judicial District. | 03/12/2015 |
| HB 1774 | Judiciary Municipal and County Issues |
Relating to the jurisdiction and powers of and the referral of certain proceedings to a criminal law hearing officer in Cameron County. | 03/12/2015 |
| HB 1822 | Judiciary |
Relating to the creation of two family district courts in Collin County. | 03/12/2015 |
| HB 1813 | Judiciary Municipal and County Issues Technology and Communication |
Relating to electronically filing any court document in a criminal case in Cameron County. | 03/12/2015 |
| HB 2153 | Crime Judiciary |
Relating to the venue for prosecution of misdemeanor cases in justice courts. | 03/12/2015 |
| HB 1718 | Judiciary |
Relating to the selection of the local administrative judge for Coryell County. | 03/12/2015 |
| HB 2180 | Judiciary |
Relating to the creation of criminal law magistrates for Galveston County. | 03/12/2015 |
| HB 1694 | Judiciary Legal Issues Municipal and County Issues |
Relating to the jurisdiction of certain county criminal courts in Tarrant County. | 03/12/2015 |
| HB 1692 | Legal Issues |
Relating to the doctrine of forum non conveniens. | 03/12/2015 |
| HB 1766 | Legal Issues |
Relating to certain defenses to libel actions. | 03/13/2015 |
| HB 1436 | Animal Rights and Wildlife Issues Judiciary Other |
Relating to appeals regarding dangerous dogs. | 03/13/2015 |
| HB 2393 | Crime Legal Issues State Agencies |
Relating to additional compensation for a person wrongfully imprisoned. | 03/13/2015 |
| HB 2154 | Environmental Legislative Affairs Public Services State Agencies |
Relating to the functions and operation of the State Office of Administrative Hearings. | 03/13/2015 |
| HB 1779 | Health Legal Issues Other |
Relating to the disclosure in certain judicial proceedings of confidential communications between a physician and a patient and confidential patient records. | 03/13/2015 |
| HB 2045 | Family and Children Issues Judiciary Other |
Relating to eligibility of attorneys who hold a law license issued by another state to take the state bar examination. | 03/13/2015 |
| HB 2077 | Legal Issues Public Services |
Relating to immunity of a governmental entity for damage to certain utility facilities. | 03/13/2015 |
| HB 1784 | Business and Consumers Housing and Property Legal Issues Other |
Relating to damages in an action arising out of a deficiency in the construction or repair of an improvement to real property. | 03/13/2015 |
| HB 2088 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues Judiciary Other State Agencies |
Relating to an interim study regarding the method by which certain trial and appellate judges are selected. | 03/13/2015 |
| HB 2446 | Education Judiciary Labor and Employment State Agencies |
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. | 03/13/2015 |
| HB 2428 | Legal Issues |
Relating to the adoption of the Texas Uniform Disclaimer of Property Interests Act. | 03/13/2015 |
| HB 2364 | Judiciary Municipal and County Issues |
Relating to the creation of an additional county criminal court at law in Harris County. | 03/13/2015 |
| HB 2390 | Health Labor and Employment Legal Issues |
Relating to civil liability arising from an employee wellness program. | 03/13/2015 |
| HB 2370 | Executive Branch Judiciary |
Relating to a bailiff administering the selection of names of persons for jury service. | 03/13/2015 |
| HB 2369 | Judiciary Municipal and County Issues |
Relating to the county courts at law in Bexar County. | 03/13/2015 |
| HB 2211 | Judiciary |
Relating to agreed venue selection in civil actions. | 03/13/2015 |
| HB 2375 | Legal Issues State Agencies |
Relating to liability of a governmental unit for personal injury and death caused by the governmental unit's negligence. | 03/13/2015 |
| HB 2419 | Family and Children Issues Legal Issues |
Relating to the relationship between the Estates Code and the former Texas Probate Code. | 03/13/2015 |
| HB 2196 | Judiciary Legal Issues |
Relating to the promulgation of certain forms for use in probate matters. | 03/13/2015 |
| HB 2274 | Legal Issues |
Relating to a suit to contest the validity of a will admitted to probate. | 03/13/2015 |
| HB 2418 | Family and Children Issues Judiciary Legal Issues |
Relating to decedents' estates. | 03/13/2015 |
| HB 2379 | Crime Health Legal Issues Public Services |
Relating to the liability of first responders who provide roadside assistance. | 03/16/2015 |
| HB 2747 | Judiciary |
Relating to qualifications to serve as a petit juror. | 03/16/2015 |
| HB 1799 | Legislative Affairs State Agencies Technology and Communication |
Relating to the adoption of the Uniform Electronic Legal Material Act. | 03/16/2015 |
| HB 1760 | Environmental Legal Issues |
Relating to maximum penalties for certain environmental violations. | 03/16/2015 |
| HB 2858 | Family and Children Issues Judiciary |
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. | 03/16/2015 |
| HB 2544 | Housing and Property Legal Issues |
Relating to adverse possession of real property by a cotenant heir against other cotenant heirs. | 03/16/2015 |
| HB 2733 | Family and Children Issues |
Relating to payment and reimbursement of court costs in a guardianship proceeding. | 03/16/2015 |
| HB 2890 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Judiciary |
Relating to the annual state salary supplement for certain county judges. | 03/16/2015 |
| HB 2665 | Family and Children Issues |
Relating to access to and receipt of certain information regarding a ward by certain relatives of the ward. | 03/16/2015 |
| HB 2768 | Judiciary Municipal and County Issues |
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. | 03/16/2015 |
| HB 2486 | Crime Family and Children Issues Housing and Property |
Relating to the right of a person to enter the person's residence or former residence accompanied by a peace officer to recover certain personal property; creating an offense. | 03/16/2015 |
| HB 2705 | Housing and Property Legal Issues |
Relating to the value of property that may be transferred to a custodian or other person for the benefit of a minor under certain circumstances. | 03/16/2015 |
| HB 39 | Family and Children Issues Health Judiciary Labor and Employment Legal Issues |
Relating to guardianships for incapacitated persons and to substitutes for guardianships for certain adults with disabilities. | 03/16/2015 |
| HB 2829 | Family and Children Issues |
Relating to requiring the provision of security from certain persons for the probable costs of a guardianship proceeding. | 03/16/2015 |
| HB 2727 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Judiciary Municipal and County Issues |
Relating to the administration of multicounty statutory county courts and to the 1st Multicounty Court at Law. | 03/16/2015 |
| HB 2822 | Judiciary Technology and Communication |
Relating to a notice or document sent by mail or electronic mail by a court, justice, judge, magistrate, or clerk of a judicial court. | 03/16/2015 |
| HB 2303 | Legal Issues Recreation Transportation |
Relating to a landowner's liability for injuries incurred during certain recreational activities. | 03/16/2015 |
| HB 2657 | Crime Judiciary Municipal and County Issues |
Relating to jurisdiction and court administration of the El Paso Criminal Law Magistrate Court. | 03/16/2015 |
| HB 2774 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Judiciary |
Relating to the annual state salary supplement for certain county judges. | 03/16/2015 |
| HB 2535 | Legal Issues Public Services |
Relating to liability for damages incurred in connection with certain excavation activities and an award of attorney's fees in lawsuits to recover the cost of the damages. | 03/16/2015 |
| HB 2512 | Judiciary Legal Issues |
Relating to the adoption of a uniform collaborative law Act. | 03/16/2015 |
| HB 2730 | Judiciary Municipal and County Issues |
Relating to the Thirteenth Court of Appeals District and to the creation of the Fifteenth Court of Appeals District; authorizing fees. | 03/16/2015 |
| HB 2794 | Health Judiciary |
Relating to a delayed birth certificate; creating a criminal offense. | 03/16/2015 |
| HB 2333 | Business and Consumers Commerce Health Legal Issues |
Relating to the duty of business entities to use an automated external defibrillator. | 03/16/2015 |
| HB 2868 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Judiciary Municipal and County Issues |
Relating to the imposition of additional fees for filing civil cases and for recording certain documents in Hidalgo County. | 03/16/2015 |
| HB 2904 | Legal Issues |
Relating to dismissal of certain actions for an asbestos-related or silica-related injury. | 03/16/2015 |
| HB 2964 | Judiciary |
Relating to staff and support personnel appointed by certain judges. | 03/16/2015 |
| HB 2920 | Judiciary |
Relating to the eligibility of a former or retired statutory probate court judge for assignment as a visiting judge. | 03/16/2015 |
| HB 1921 | Crime Family and Children Issues |
Relating to requiring criminal history record information concerning a family member being proposed to serve as a guardian of a ward or proposed ward. | 03/17/2015 |
| HB 3424 | Crime Family and Children Issues Health Judiciary Public Services State Agencies Technology and Communication |
Relating to a study and report on the establishment of a central database containing information about certain individuals under guardianship. | 03/17/2015 |
| HB 3386 | Judiciary Municipal and County Issues |
Relating to bailiffs in the county courts at law of Tarrant County. | 03/17/2015 |
| HB 2013 | Animal Rights and Wildlife Issues Legal Issues Other |
Relating to recovery of attorney's fees against veterinarians for certain claims. | 03/17/2015 |
| HB 3250 | Insurance Legal Issues |
Relating to disclosures and transfer expenses for transfers of structured settlement payments. | 03/17/2015 |
| HB 3416 | Legal Issues |
Relating to the authority of certain persons to bring a survival action. | 03/17/2015 |
| HB 3316 | Housing and Property Legal Issues |
Relating to the time for recording a durable power of attorney for certain real property transactions. | 03/17/2015 |
| HB 3285 | Judiciary |
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. | 03/17/2015 |
| HB 3426 | Judiciary |
Relating to concurrent jurisdiction of a statutory county court with a district court in certain civil cases. | 03/17/2015 |
| HB 3365 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Judiciary |
Relating to the compensation and benefits of presiding judges of administrative judicial regions. | 03/17/2015 |
| HB 3275 | Judiciary Legal Issues State Agencies |
Relating to prohibited denial of a stay of proceedings for a contested case for which an interlocutory appeal has been filed. | 03/17/2015 |
| HB 3382 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Family and Children Issues Judiciary |
Relating to the compensation of associate judges appointed to hear Title IV-D cases or child protection cases. | 03/17/2015 |
| HB 3376 | Family and Children Issues Judiciary Municipal and County Issues |
Relating to the appointment of bailiffs in family district courts in Tarrant County. | 03/17/2015 |
| HB 3430 | Crime Judiciary |
Relating to the jurisdiction of the supreme court and the court of criminal appeals. | 03/17/2015 |
| HB 2193 | Crime Judiciary |
Relating to the office of a public defender appointed by the Commissioners Court of Randall County. | 03/17/2015 |
| HB 2183 | Family and Children Issues Legal Issues Other Technology and Communication |
Relating to the adoption of the Uniform Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets Act. | 03/17/2015 |
| HB 2898 | Business and Consumers Commerce Legal Issues |
Relating to certain procedures, civil penalties, and remedies under the Deceptive Trade Practices-Consumer Protection Act. | 03/17/2015 |
| HB 2573 | Business and Consumers Commerce Immigration Judiciary Other |
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. | 03/17/2015 |
| HB 3364 | Housing and Property Judiciary |
Relating to the appeal of a judgment in an eviction suit. | 03/17/2015 |
| HB 3319 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Judiciary Legal Issues |
Relating to procedures and fees for the safekeeping of wills and other fees collected by court clerks in probate matters; authorizing and increasing fees. | 03/17/2015 |
| HB 3459 | Judiciary Legal Issues |
Relating to service of process in this state. | 03/18/2015 |
| HB 3454 | Business and Consumers Commerce Health Insurance Legal Issues Other State Agencies |
Relating to transactions involving the assignment of rights in an individual's legal claim; authorizing the imposition of a fee. | 03/18/2015 |
| HB 3432 | Judiciary Municipal and County Issues |
Relating to the option of providing electronic recordings of proceedings in the municipal court of record for the City of Houston. | 03/18/2015 |
| HB 2633 | Health Other State Agencies Transportation |
Relating to the release of a motor vehicle accident report. | 03/18/2015 |
| HB 887 | Civil Liberties and Civil Rights Crime Immigration |
Relating to protections under civil and criminal law for certain young victims of trafficking; increasing the penalty for trafficking of persons. | 03/19/2015 |
| HB 3641 | Legal Issues |
Relating to payment of attorney's fees in an action brought under Chapter 37 of the Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code. | 03/19/2015 |
| HB 3643 | Family and Children Issues |
Relating to temporary guardianships pending contest. | 03/19/2015 |
| HB 3631 | Judiciary Science and Medical Research Technology and Communication |
Relating to administration of a justice court technology fund in certain counties by a justice of the peace council. | 03/19/2015 |
| HB 3645 | Family and Children Issues |
Relating to temporary guardianships pending contest. | 03/19/2015 |
| HB 3394 | Insurance Judiciary Legal Issues |
Relating to a direct action against an insurer and insured by third parties and required provisions of a liability insurance policy. | 03/19/2015 |
| HB 3724 | Crime Legal Issues |
Relating to the consideration of certain scientific evidence constituting the basis for an application for a writ of habeas corpus. | 03/19/2015 |
| HB 3698 | Legal Issues Other Social Issues |
Relating to nonbinding dispute resolution proceedings conducted by religious organizations or authorities. | 03/19/2015 |
| HB 3662 | Legal Issues State Agencies |
Relating to recovery of damages, attorney's fees, and costs related to frivolous regulatory actions by state agencies. | 03/19/2015 |
| HB 3538 | Executive Branch Family and Children Issues |
Relating to the adoption of the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act of 2008. | 03/19/2015 |
| HB 3737 | Judiciary Legal Issues |
Relating to the clerk of the county court at law of Hill County. | 03/19/2015 |
| HB 3656 | Judiciary Technology and Communication |
Relating to the use of telephone interpreter services in any criminal proceeding before a judge or magistrate. | 03/19/2015 |
| HB 3635 | Crime Health Judiciary Legal Issues |
Relating to evidence in a civil action concerning the provision and cost of certain services. | 03/19/2015 |
| HB 3561 | Housing and Property Legal Issues |
Relating to damages in certain wrongful eviction actions. | 03/20/2015 |
| HB 3913 | Health Judiciary |
Relating to the affidavit required to be exempt from jury service due to a physical or mental impairment. | 03/23/2015 |
| HB 3218 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Business and Consumers Judiciary |
Relating to litigation financing transactions. | 03/23/2015 |
| HB 3932 | Crime Judiciary |
Relating to a recording of certain proceedings of the Texas Supreme Court and the Court of Criminal Appeals and the publication of the recordings. | 03/23/2015 |
| HJR 90 | Crime Judiciary Legislative Affairs |
Proposing a constitutional amendment to abolish the court of criminal appeals and establish one supreme court with civil and criminal appellate jurisdiction. | 03/23/2015 |
| HB 3137 | Family and Children Issues Legal Issues |
Relating to the use of unsworn declarations for filing certain annual reports by guardians of the person. | 03/23/2015 |
| HB 3849 | Housing and Property Legal Issues |
Relating to the liability of a person granting access to a gated community to a process server. | 03/23/2015 |
| HB 3892 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Judiciary |
Relating to a study conducted by the Office of Court Administration of the Texas Judicial System | 03/23/2015 |
| HB 3941 | Family and Children Issues Judiciary |
Relating to the creation of an additional family district court for Fort Bend County. | 03/23/2015 |
| HB 3008 | Legal Issues Reproductive Issues |
Relating to eliminating the wrongful birth cause of action. | 03/23/2015 |
| HB 3214 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Judiciary Municipal and County Issues |
Relating to the imposition of an additional fee for filing civil cases in certain Kaufman County courts. | 03/23/2015 |
| HB 3914 | Family and Children Issues Judiciary |
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. | 03/23/2015 |
| HB 3931 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Labor and Employment Municipal and County Issues Technology and Communication |
Relating to the use of the justice court technology fund to convert existing paper documents to electronic data. | 03/23/2015 |
| HB 3996 | Judiciary Other |
Relating to the donation of juror reimbursements. | 03/23/2015 |
| HB 3965 | Judiciary |
Relating to the persons who are eligible for appointment as a temporary justice of the peace. | 03/23/2015 |
| HB 3136 | Housing and Property Legal Issues |
Relating to the use of a small estate affidavit to distribute certain intestate estates. | 03/23/2015 |
| HB 3079 | Housing and Property Legal Issues |
Relating to the applicability of a statute of limitations to certain actions to enforce a right or remedy provided by the Texas Constitution. | 03/23/2015 |
| HB 3930 | Family and Children Issues |
Relating to the provision of care and treatment to certain incapacitated persons. | 03/23/2015 |
| HB 3003 | Family and Children Issues Judiciary Municipal and County Issues Other |
Relating to the appointment of counsel in certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship. | 03/23/2015 |
| HB 2998 | Family and Children Issues Health Other Senior Issues |
Relating to adoption of the Uniform Adult Guardianship and Protective Proceedings Jurisdiction Act. | 03/23/2015 |
| HB 3176 | Executive Branch |
Relating to claims of patent infringement; providing civil penalties; imposing fees. | 03/23/2015 |
| HB 4103 | Judiciary Municipal and County Issues Other |
Relating to oaths and affirmations of certain judges of municipal courts. | 03/23/2015 |
| HB 3943 | Family and Children Issues Legal Issues |
Relating to the application of foreign laws and foreign forum selection in a proceeding involving marriage, a suit for dissolution of a marriage, or a suit affecting the parent-child relationship in this state. | 03/23/2015 |
| HB 4116 | Legal Issues |
Relating to certain defenses to libel actions. | 03/23/2015 |
| HB 3139 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Business and Consumers Housing and Property Legal Issues |
Relating to prompt action by certain holders of preferred debt and lien claims against secured property of a decedent's estate. | 03/23/2015 |
| HB 4027 | Health Legal Issues |
Relating to products liability action related to a pharmaceutical product. | 03/23/2015 |
| HB 3156 | Crime Legal Issues |
Relating to annuity payments to surviving spouses and designated beneficiaries of persons wrongfully imprisoned. | 03/23/2015 |
| HB 3160 | Health Housing and Property Legal Issues Municipal and County Issues Other |
Relating to an exception to the period of filing an application for the grant of letters testamentary or of administration of a decedent's estate. | 03/23/2015 |
| HB 3747 | Guns Judiciary |
Relating to the issuance of a concealed handgun license to certain retired judicial officers. | 03/23/2015 |
| HB 4058 | Family and Children Issues Judiciary |
Relating to intervention in guardianship proceedings. | 03/23/2015 |
| HB 4109 | Judiciary |
Relating to the collection of money by certain prosecuting attorneys. | 03/23/2015 |
| HB 3435 | Crime Legal Issues |
Relating to civil and criminal actions related to racketeer influenced and corrupt organizations; creating a criminal offense. | 03/24/2015 |
| HB 3095 | Health Legal Issues |
Relating to durable powers of attorney and advance directives. | 03/24/2015 |
| HB 3070 | Health Legal Issues Other |
Relating to the disposition of remains. | 03/24/2015 |
| HB 2062 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Crime Executive Branch Legal Issues State Agencies |
Relating to false claims against the state and actions by the state and private persons to prosecute those claims; providing a civil penalty. | 03/27/2015 |
| HB 4169 | Judiciary |
Relating to the County Court at Law of Coryell County. | 04/10/2015 |
| SB 291 | Judiciary Legal Issues Municipal and County Issues |
Relating to the jurisdiction of a county court at law in Tarrant County. | 04/15/2015 |
| HB 4199 | Judiciary |
Relating to the Harrison County Court at Law. | 04/17/2015 |
| HCR 115 | Judiciary Legislative Affairs |
Requesting the Texas Supreme Court to study ways to eliminate court filing fees. | 04/23/2015 |
| SB 534 | Judiciary Other |
Relating to the oath of a person admitted to practice law in the State of Texas. | 04/27/2015 |
| SB 536 | Crime Judiciary Municipal and County Issues |
Relating to the designation of certain prostitution prevention programs as commercially sexually exploited persons court programs. | 04/27/2015 |
| SB 130 | Crime |
Relating to the eligibility of criminal defendants for an order of nondisclosure; authorizing a fee. | 04/27/2015 |
| SB 462 | Housing and Property Legal Issues |
Relating to authorizing a revocable deed that transfers real property at the transferor's death. | 04/27/2015 |
| SB 643 | Judiciary |
Relating to proceedings held in auxiliary facilities outside certain county seats. | 04/27/2015 |
| SB 824 | Judiciary |
Relating to the number of jurors required in certain civil cases pending in a statutory county court. | 04/27/2015 |
| SB 378 | Health Labor and Employment Legal Issues Other Public Services Social Issues |
Relating to the liability of certain social workers who provide volunteer health care services to charitable organizations. | 04/27/2015 |
| SB 909 | Judiciary Municipal and County Issues |
Relating to the county courts at law in Bexar County. | 04/29/2015 |
| SB 627 | Legal Issues |
Relating to certain defenses to libel actions. | 04/29/2015 |
| SB 418 | Judiciary State Agencies |
Relating to requests by the State Commission on Judicial Conduct for certain records held by court reporters. | 04/29/2015 |
| SB 1020 | Commerce Housing and Property |
Relating to the designation of the trustee of an express trust as a beneficiary of a trust account or a P.O.D. payee of a P.O.D. account. | 04/29/2015 |
| SB 450 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Campaign Finance and Election Issues Housing and Property Legal Issues |
Relating to the liability of a political subdivision of this state for certain claims relating to land acquired by the political subdivision under certain circumstances. | 04/30/2015 |
| SB 512 | Judiciary Legal Issues |
Relating to the promulgation of certain forms for use in probate matters. | 04/30/2015 |
| SB 287 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Judiciary |
Relating to the elimination of certain court fees and costs and to the bill of costs provided to a defendant. | 04/30/2015 |
| SB 306 | Judiciary State Agencies |
Relating to the information included in the annual report of the State Commission on Judicial Conduct. | 04/30/2015 |
| SB 432 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Judiciary Municipal and County Issues |
Relating to continuation of an additional fee for filing civil cases in certain Dallas County courts. | 04/30/2015 |
| SB 1139 | Judiciary Municipal and County Issues |
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. | 04/30/2015 |
| SB 387 | Commerce Housing and Property |
Relating to trusts and certain other forms of asset protection. | 04/30/2015 |
| SB 478 | Housing and Property Judiciary |
Relating to the promulgation of certain forms for use in landlord-tenant matters. | 04/30/2015 |
| SB 737 | Civil Liberties and Civil Rights Crime Judiciary Other Technology and Communication |
Relating to certain protective orders and magistrate's orders for emergency protection. | 04/30/2015 |
| SB 1791 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Commerce Legal Issues |
Relating to disclosures on selection or modification of an account by a customer of a financial institution. | 05/01/2015 |
| SB 1369 | Family and Children Issues Judiciary Legal Issues Other |
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. | 05/01/2015 |
| SB 565 | Judiciary Other Resolutions |
Relating to designating the first week of May as Jury Appreciation Week. | 05/04/2015 |
| SB 1202 | Housing and Property Legal Issues |
Relating to the value of property that may be transferred to a custodian or other person for the benefit of a minor under certain circumstances. | 05/04/2015 |
| SB 735 | Crime Legal Issues |
Relating to discovery of evidence of the net worth of a defendant in connection with a claim for exemplary damages. | 05/04/2015 |
| SB 995 | Family and Children Issues Judiciary Legal Issues |
Relating to decedents' estates. | 05/04/2015 |
| SB 1792 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Legal Issues |
Relating to access to a financial institution account of a person who dies intestate. | 05/04/2015 |
| SB 681 | Executive Branch Judiciary |
Relating to a bailiff administering the selection of names of persons for jury service in certain counties. | 05/04/2015 |
| SB 1116 | Judiciary Technology and Communication |
Relating to a notice or document sent by mail or electronic mail by a court, justice, judge, magistrate, or clerk of a judicial court. | 05/04/2015 |
| SB 1964 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Judiciary Municipal and County Issues |
Relating to the imposition of additional fees for filing civil cases and for recording certain documents in Hidalgo County and Cameron County. | 05/05/2015 |
| SB 1457 | Crime Technology and Communication |
Relating to bad faith claims of patent infringement; providing a civil penalty. | 05/05/2015 |
| SB 1341 | Judiciary Technology and Communication |
Relating to the transfer of certain court records. | 05/05/2015 |
| SB 455 | Executive Branch Judiciary |
Relating to special three-judge district courts convened to hear certain cases. | 05/05/2015 |
| SB 1876 | Family and Children Issues Judiciary Legal Issues |
Relating to the appointment of attorneys ad litem, guardians ad litem, mediators, and guardians in certain counties. | 05/06/2015 |
| HB 4213 | Judiciary Municipal and County Issues |
Relating to the jurisdiction of the County Court of Jefferson County. | 05/07/2015 |
| HB 4215 | Judiciary Municipal and County Issues |
Relating to the statutory county courts in Denton County. | 05/11/2015 |
| SB 1913 | Judiciary |
Relating to a court administrator in certain counties. | 05/11/2015 |
| SB 1267 | State Agencies |
Relating to contested cases conducted under the Administrative Procedure Act. | 05/12/2015 |
| SB 1022 | Judiciary Legal Issues |
Relating to an unsworn declaration made by a private process server in the performance of the server's job duties. | 05/12/2015 |
| SJR 8 | Crime Executive Branch Judiciary Legal Issues Legislative Affairs State Agencies |
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. | 05/14/2015 |
| SB 1882 | Family and Children Issues |
Relating to a bill of rights for wards under guardianship. | 05/14/2015 |
| SB 2068 | Judiciary |
Relating to the Harrison County Court at Law. | 05/18/2015 |
| SB 1025 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Judiciary |
Relating to supplemental compensation paid to certain county judges. | 05/20/2015 |
| SB 531 | Family and Children Issues Legal Issues |
Relating to the application of foreign laws and foreign forum selection in a proceeding involving marriage, a suit for dissolution of a marriage, or a suit affecting the parent-child relationship in this state. | 05/23/2015 |
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