Amend CSHB 3 by adding an appropriately numbered SECTION of 

the bill to read as follows and renumbering the existing SECTIONs of 

the bill accordingly:

	Section ___. Subsection (a), Section 23.101, 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 injunctions;                                                   

		(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 

71.004, 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 

Subtitle B, Title 4, 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)  appeals of appraisal review board orders brought 

under Section 42.01, 42.02, or 42.015, Tax Code.