Texas Civil Justice League
HEARING ALERT
Please attend the hearing and sign a card FOR SB 1603
Texas Senate Jurisprudence Committee
Chairman Bryan Hughes
Wednesday, March 22, 2023
9:00 2E.20 Betty King Cmte Rm
FULL AGENDA
Permissive Appeals
SB 1603 by Hughes / HB 1561 by Smithee
TCJL 1 pager on SB 1603 / HB 1561
Relating to the decision of a court of appeals not to accept certain interlocutory appeals.
This TCJL priority bill amends § 51.014, CPRC, to require a court of appeals to state the specific reason for declining to accept a permissive appeal. Provides that the supreme court may review a court’s decision not to accept the appeal under an abuse of discretion standard.
