Enrolled Bill Summary

Senate Bill 27	Senate Author:  Hughes et al.
Effective:  9-1-19	House Sponsor:  Hefner

            Senate Bill 27 amends the Civil Practice and Remedies Code and Government Code to provide for the award of reasonable attorney's fees and costs capped at $1 million to the prevailing party in a contested case involving a frivolous regulatory action and to prohibit a state agency from vacating or modifying an order of an administrative law judge that awards such fees and costs. The bill caps at $1 million the total amount of fees, expenses, and reasonable attorney's fees that may be awarded to a party in a civil suit for a frivolous claim by a state agency.