HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

COMMITTEE:    Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence 

TIME & DATE:  8:00 AM, Wednesday, March 15, 2023 

PLACE:       E2.016 
CHAIR:       Rep. Jeff Leach 

HB 1255        Smithee
Relating to limitations periods in arbitration proceedings.

HB 1561        Smithee                                               
Relating to the decision of a court of appeals not to accept certain interlocutory appeals.

HB 1552        Guillen | et al.                                       
Relating to a trust beneficiary's approval of a trustee's accounting.

HB 527         Wu                                                    
Relating to exemption of certain civil actions from being subject to a motion to dismiss on the basis of involving the exercise of certain constitutional rights.

HB 530         Wu                                                    
Relating to the terminology used in statute to refer to intellectual disability.

HB 1741        Leach                                                 
Relating to creating a criminal offense for the unauthorized disclosure of non-public judicial opinions and judicial work product.

HB 1763        Leach                                                 
Relating to the disposition of money from certain attorney accounts delivered to the comptroller as unclaimed property.

HB 2014        Leach                                                 
Relating to reimbursement for jury service.

HB 2015        Leach                                                 
Relating to the exemption from jury service for persons over a certain age.

HB 2022        Leach                                                 
Relating to residential construction liability.

HB 2024        Leach                                                 
Relating to statutes of limitation and repose for certain claims arising out of residential construction.

HB 603         Shaheen                                               
Relating to a limitation on civil suits against persons reporting suspicious activity in good faith.

HB 128         Bernal                                                
Relating to the exemption of certain school district and open-enrollment charter school employees from jury service.

HB 255         Swanson                                               
Relating to the maintenance of records and charging of fees by a notary public; increasing the amount of certain fees.

HB 266         Swanson                                               
Relating to the required filing and use of an affidavit containing the contact information of certain persons in a guardianship proceeding.

HB 785         Swanson                                               
Relating to the delivery of certain notices or other communications in connection with guardianship proceedings.

HB 689         Rosenthal                                             
Relating to civil liability for discriminatory false reports to law enforcement agencies or emergency service providers.

HB 1182        Harless                                               
Relating to judicial statistics and other pertinent information gathered by the Texas Judicial Council and certain populous counties.

HB 1372        Harris, Cody | et al.                                  
Relating to the tort of public nuisance.

HB 609         Vasut                                                 
Relating to the liability of a business owner or operator arising from the exposure of an individual to a pandemic disease.

HB 367         Jetton                                                
Relating to the powers and duties of the State Commission on Judicial Conduct.

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