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Pandemic Liability Protection Act (SB 6) Passes Texas House
SB 6, which extends liability protections for premises owners, product manufacturers, and health care providers during a pandemic emergency, has passed the Texas...
SCOTX Approves Use of Declaratory Judgment Act, Attorney’s Fees Recovery in UIM Cases
In a decision that may throw open the door to a new frontier of attorney’s fee litigation, a deeply divided Texas Supreme Court has permitted an insured to file a...
Updated: Pandemic Liability Protection Act SB 6 on House Calendar Sunday
Updated Friday, 5-21-21, 3:30pm CST TCJL Pandemic Liability Task Force The House Calendars Committee had previously set SB 6 on the Friday calendar, but it has since...
Updated: Eminent Domain HB 2730 Passes Senate Jurisprudence
Updated 5-21-21 HB 2730 passed Senate Jurisprudence last night and was recommended for the Local & Uncontested Calendar. Senator Koklhorst has the option to...
House Passes Workers’ Comp Presumption Bill to Third Reading
The Texas House today gave initial approval to SB 22 by Sen. Drew Springer (R-Muenster)/Rep. Jared Patterson (R-Frisco). SB 22 amends §607.052, Government Code, to...
House Sends Constitutional Amendment Raising Judicial Qualifications to Voters
Today the House passed on to the voters a proposed constitutional amendment enhancing the practice and residency requirements of candidates for the Texas Supreme...
TCJL Tracking 5-14-21
The 87th Legislature hit the first major deadline this week. All house bills that haven't passed the House by today are dead, with the exception of the few dozen...
Update: HB 3 Passes House, Moves to Senate
The omnibus pandemic response bill, HB 3 by Rep. Dustin Burrows (R-Lubbock), has passed the House and been received in the Senate. Initially heard on March 11, HB 3...
HB 2730 Heads to Senate
HB 2730 by Chairs Deshotel and Burns passed on third reading in the Texas House earlier today. The bill now goes to the Texas Senate. CCI is urging senators to pass...
SB 219 (Liability for Design Defects) Advances in Texas House
The Texas House has given initial approval to a signficant change in how risk is allocated in commercial construction contracts. SB 219 by Senator Bryan Hughes...
Lt. Governor Asks For Special Session on Bills That Failed in the House
Lt. Governor Dan Patrick has called on Governor Abbott to call a special session in June to revive three controversial and divisive bills that died on the House Calendar yesterday: SB 10 (taxpayer funded lobbying), SB 12 (social media censorship), and SB 29...
Senate Passes HB 3 (Pandemic Response)
We have been tracking the progress of HB 3, the omnibus pandemic response bill, since House Calendars Committee Chair Dustin Burrows (R-Lubbock) filed it in late February. As originally filed, the bill contained liability language significantly different from and in...
Duty to Defend Bill (HB 2116) Passes Senate
After three sessions of discussion and negotiation between owners, contractors, architects, and engineers, legislation limiting duty to defend clauses in contracts for architectural or engineering services is one step from final passage. HB 2116 by Rep. Matt Krause...
HB 19 (Trucking Litigation Reform) Nears Final Passage
HB 19, the trucking litigation reform bill, passed the Senate on May 19 and is set on today's House Eligible Items List. We expect Chairman Leach to concur in the Senate amendments later this evening. The Senate version makes the following changes in the version that...
Pandemic Liability Protection Act (SB 6) Passes Texas House
SB 6, which extends liability protections for premises owners, product manufacturers, and health care providers during a pandemic emergency, has passed the Texas House by an overwhelming bipartisan majority of 133-10. The bill now returns to the Senate with the...
SCOTX Approves Use of Declaratory Judgment Act, Attorney’s Fees Recovery in UIM Cases
In a decision that may throw open the door to a new frontier of attorney’s fee litigation, a deeply divided Texas Supreme Court has permitted an insured to file a declaratory judgment action to adjudicate tort damages in an automobile accident involving an...
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