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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the writ power of the Texas Supreme Court. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 22.002(a), Government Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(a) The supreme court or a justice of the supreme court may |
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issue writs of procedendo and certiorari and all writs of quo |
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warranto and mandamus agreeable to the principles of law regulating |
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those writs, [against a statutory county court judge, a statutory |
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probate court judge, a district judge, a court of appeals or a |
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justice of a court of appeals, or any officer of state government] |
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except the supreme court or justice may not issue a writ against the |
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governor[, the court of criminal appeals, or a judge of the court of |
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criminal appeals]. |
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SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act to Section |
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22.002(a), Government Code, apply only to an application for a writ |
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of procedendo, certiorari, quo warranto, or mandamus filed in the |
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Texas Supreme Court on or after the effective date of this Act. An |
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application for a writ of procedendo, certiorari, quo warranto, or |
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mandamus filed before the effective date of this Act is governed by |
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the law in effect on the date the application was filed, and the |
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former law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |