Amend Amendment No. 65 by Eiland (beginning on page 119, 
Amendment Packet) by adding a new item to read as follows:
	(_)  Amend Article 3 of the bill by adding the following 
appropriately numbered SECTION and renumbering subsequent sections 
accordingly:
	SECTION _____.  Section 23.101(a), Government Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
	(a)  The trial courts of this state shall regularly and 
frequently set hearings and trials of pending matters, giving 
preference to hearings and trials of the following:
		(1)  temporary injuctions;                                                    
		(2)  criminal actions, with the following actions given 
preference over other criminal actions:
			(A)  criminal actions against defendants who are 
detained in jail pending trial;
			(B)  criminal actions involving a charge that a 
person committed an act of family violence, as defined by Section 
71.01, Family Code; and
			(C)  an offense under:                                                       
				(i)  Section 21.11, Penal Code;                                             
				(ii)  Chapter 22, Penal Code, if the victim 
of the alleged offense is younger than 17 years of age;
				(iii)  Section 25.02, Penal Code, if the 
victim of the alleged offense is younger than 17 years of age; or
				(iv)  Section 25.06, Penal Code;                                            
		(3)  election contests and suits under the Election 
Code;                   
		(4)  orders for the protection of the family under 
Section 3.581, 71.11, or 71.12, Family Code;
		(5)  appeals of final rulings and decisions of the Texas 
Workers' Compensation Commission and claims under the Federal 
Employers' Liability Act and the Jones Act; [and]
		(6)  appeals of final orders of the commissioner of the 
General Land Office under Section 51.3021, Natural Resources Code; 
and
		(7)  multidistrict litigation.