By: Smithee, Jetton (Senate Sponsor - Hughes) H.B. No. 1255
         (In the Senate - Received from the House April 19, 2023;
  April 24, 2023, read first time and referred to Committee on State
  Affairs; May 5, 2023, reported favorably by the following vote:  
  Yeas 11, Nays 0; May 5, 2023, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to limitations periods in arbitration proceedings.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter D, Chapter 16, Civil Practice and
  Remedies Code, is amended by adding Section 16.073 to read as
  follows:
         Sec. 16.073.  APPLICABILITY OF LIMITATIONS PERIODS TO
  ARBITRATION. (a)  A party may not assert a claim in an arbitration
  proceeding if the party could not bring suit for the claim in court
  due to the expiration of the applicable limitations period.
         (b)  A party may assert a claim in an arbitration proceeding
  after expiration of the applicable limitations period if:
               (1)  the party brought suit for the claim in court
  before the expiration of the applicable limitations period; and
               (2)  the parties to the claim agreed to arbitrate the
  claim or a court ordered the parties to arbitrate the claim.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
 
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