** REVISION ** HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING COMMITTEE: Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence TIME & DATE: upon final adjourn./recess Monday, April 27, 2009 PLACE: E2.010 CHAIR: Rep. Todd Hunter HB 322 Raymond Relating to requiring parties in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship to disclose to the court knowledge of certain registered sex offenders; providing a penalty. HB 514 Vaught Relating to recovery of loss of consortium damages by a parent for injury to a child as a result of certain crimes against the child. HB 545 Raymond Relating to requiring courts to report the number of frivolous lawsuits filed each year. HB 547 Raymond Relating to certain civil actions against persons who file complaints with governmental agencies or quasi-governmental entities. HB 585 Naishtat Relating to records related to an estate of a decedent or incapacitated person. HB 587 Naishtat Relating to the payment of attorney's fees to an attorney representing an applicant for the appointment of a guardian. HB 889 Naishtat Relating to examination requirements in certain guardianship matters concerning persons with mental retardation. HB 947 Dutton Relating to the periods of possession of a child to which the child's managing conservator is entitled under a standard possession order. HB 950 Dutton Relating to the modification or enforcement of a child support order during the obligor's confinement in jail or prison. HB 1133 Dutton Relating to the establishment of paternity. HB 1353 Vaught Relating to permitting certain military attorneys to represent military personnel and their dependents in civil proceedings before the courts of this state. HB 2048 Naishtat | et al. Relating to the appointment or removal of guardians of incapacitated persons. HB 2132 Rios Ybarra Relating to sealing of court records containing identifying financial information or personal identifying information.

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HB 2506 Villarreal Relating to a limitation on causes of action related to permits issued by political subdivisions. HB 2616 Heflin Relating to attorney fees in parent-child proceedings. HB 2992 Gallego Relating to authorizing a fee in bail bond forfeiture proceedings. HB 3002 Homer Relating to certain duties, functions, and procedures of county clerks, district clerks, and local registrars. HB 3018 Aycock Relating to standing to file a suit affecting the parent-child relationship. HB 3710 Homer Relating to consideration of district court cases by judges of certain constitutional county courts. HB 3711 Homer Relating to the jurisdiction of constitutional county courts. HB 3727 Burnam Relating to liability of a governmental unit for certain intentional torts. HB 3763 Gattis Relating to the jurisdiction and administration of, and procedures relating to, certain courts in this state, including procedures for appeals. HB 3892 Vaught | et al. Relating to compensation and benefits received by a Chapter 90 Civil Practice and Remedies Code multidistrict litigation pretrial judge. HB 3919 Pena Relating to a qualified privilege of a journalist not to testify in an administrative, executive, legislative, or civil judicial proceeding. HB 4237 Pena Relating to extending the protections of the Privileged Matters Clause of the Texas Civil Practices & Remedies Code to citizen journalists. HB 4251 Farrar Relating to claims and liens by certain health care providers. HB 4296 Anchia Relating to the collection of certain judgments through court proceeding. HB 4403 Villarreal Relating to the filling of a vacancy in state judicial offices by appointment.

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HB 4518 Homer Relating to district court cases that may be considered by judges of constitutional county courts located within the 76th judicial district and 276th judicial district. HB 4543 Raymond Relating to a cost-of-living increase in compensation for district court judges. HB 4549 Raymond | et al. Relating to the criminal jurisdiction of the supreme court and the abolishment of the court of criminal appeals. HB 4685 Homer Relating to the County Court of Titus County. HCR 161 Burnam Granting John Cook permission to sue the Benbrook Water Authority. HJR 138 Villarreal Proposing a constitutional amendment for filling vacancies in the offices of justices of the supreme court, judges of the court of criminal appeals, and district judges by appointment. HR 480 Burnam | et al. Creating a Special Committee on Impeachment to consider the impeachment of Judge Sharon Keller of the Court of Criminal Appeals for gross neglect of duty and conducting her official duties with willful disregard for human life. SB 431 Wentworth Relating to the enforcement of unpaid child support. SB 432 Wentworth Relating to liability for failure to comply with a child support lien, court order, or notice of levy. SB 477 Wentworth Relating to eligibility for assignment as a visiting judge. SB 497 Wentworth Relating to compensation paid to certain judges and justices. SB 491 West | et al. Relating to consideration of family violence in the risk assessment for international parental abduction of a child. SB 627 Carona Relating to a rebuttable presumption regarding liability of an in-home service company or residential delivery company for negligent hiring. SB 657 Fraser Relating to the selection of the local administrative district judge for Blanco, Burnet, Llano, and San Saba Counties. SB 812 Hegar Relating to reimbursement of expenses incurred by court reporters for the 506th Judicial District. Bills added after last posting: SB 491