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The first bill out of the gate in the House Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence will HB 19 by Chairman Leach. The bill will be heard on Wednesday, March 10, beginning at 8 a.m. This bill is one of the top priorities of House and Senate leadership (the companion is...

Representative Jeff Leach (R-Plano), chair of the House Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Committee, today introduced legislation to give the chief administrative law judge at SOAH emergency powers to suspend rules and proceedings in administrative hearings...

TCJL Legislative Report 87th Legislature Bills and Resolutions Filed 3,430 Senate Bills 828 House Bills 2,391 House Bills Referred to Committee 477 Senate Bills Referred to Committee 3 The Texas Legislature is ending the month of February... (Click right corner...

Senator Judith Zaffirini (D-Laredo) has filed legislation to allow Texas courts to conduct remote proceedings, including jury trials, on a permanent and ongoing basis. SB 690 adds §21.013, Government Code, to authorize a court of this state, either on its own...

Rep. Cody Harris (R-Palestine) has filed legislation abolishing the common law doctrine of public nuisance and replacing it with a more limited statutory action. HB 2144 does the following: Abolishes the common law doctrine of public nuisance. Substitutes a new...

Sweeping reform of commercial vehicle litigation was filed earlier today by House Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Chair Jeff Leach (R-Plano). HB 19 does the following: Gives the defendant in an action involving a commercial vehicle the right to a bifurcated...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:                                                                     CONTACT: Tuesday, February 23, 2021                                                                    512-463-0715 Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick Announces Top 31 Priorities for the...

Governor Greg Abbott today declared the reform of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) an emergency item this legislative session. In declaring this item an emergency, the Governor is calling on the legislature to investigate ERCOT and ensure Texans...

Littler Mendeslon P.C., a San Francisco-based international law firm that specializes in employment and labor law, is maintaining a national and state-specific litigation tracker for employment lawsuits arising from the COVID-19 emergency. The figures show nearly...

Late last week Rep. Mike Schofield (R-Katy) filed two proposed constitutional amendments that would place additional limitations on the exercise of the power of eminent domain. HJR 92 mandates a governmental entity that acquires property by eminent domain to offer...

Bills filed to date: House bills      1,888 Senate bills        671 Resolutions        178 Bill referrals should begin in the House and the Senate next week, with hearings expected to begin in March. [embeddoc...