Enrolled Bill Summary

Senate Bill 1436 amends the Government Code to authorize a judge who has jurisdiction over a suit that is pending in one county to conduct any of the judicial proceedings, except the trial on the merits, in a different county. The act also authorizes a pretrial judge who has been assigned to hear pretrial matters in related cases to hold pretrial proceedings and hearings in the county in which the case is pending or a county in which there is pending a related case to which the pretrial judge has been assigned.