** REVISION **
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

COMMITTEE:    Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence 

TIME & DATE:  8:00 AM, Wednesday, April 23, 2025 

PLACE:       E2.030 
CHAIR:       Rep. Jeff Leach 

The Committee will hear invited testimony from the following:

Additional Agencies Under the Committee's Jurisdiction

Public testimony may be limited to two (2) minutes.

The Committee will hear public testimony on the following bills:

HB 2242        Dutton                                                
Relating to policy-making authority of constables for the purpose of a federal civil rights action.

HB 2446        Dutton                                                
Relating to affidavits concerning cost and necessity of services in civil actions.

HB 2799        Dutton                                                
Relating to the exclusion of certain cases from judicial statistics reporting, court performance measures, or other judicial or court efficiency reporting by the Texas Judicial Council and the Office of Court Administration of the Texas Judicial System.

HB 4502        Smithee                                               
Relating to the development and implementation of an all-hazards court security plan, composition and recommendations of court security committees, and increasing the penalty for certain criminal offenses committed against an employee of a court or the office.

HB 2920        Davis, Yvonne                                         
Relating to the appointment of a special or temporary justice of the peace.

HB 2790        Darby                                                 
Relating to liability for capturing and storing carbon dioxide.

HB 5620        Darby                                                 
Relating to a criminal associate judge in Coke, Concho, Irion, Runnels, Schleicher, Sterling, and Tom Green counties.

HB 5060        Leach                                                 
Relating to the operation and administration of and practices and procedures related to proceedings in the judicial branch of state government.

HB 5076        Leach                                                 
Relating to vicarious liability for certain medical care.

HB 5080        Leach                                                 
Relating to the confidentiality of certain information for employees of a county, a court, or the Office of Court Administration of the Texas Judicial System and the employees' family members.

HB 5081        Leach                                                 
Relating to the protection of personal identifying information of certain persons in the judicial system; creating a criminal offense.

HB 5128        Leach                                                 
Relating to court administration, including the term of a local administrative judge, court administration training, and the compensation of certain administrative judges.

HB 5130        Leach                                                 
Relating to the additional compensation certain counties pay to judges and justices for extrajudicial services.

HB 3847        Canales                                               
Relating to certain construction defect litigation.

HB 5116        Shaheen                                               
Relating to requirements and procedures in the contest of an election on a proposed constitutional amendment.

HB 2969        Cain                                                  
Relating to discrimination against or burdening certain constitutional rights of an applicant for or holder of a license to practice law in this state.

HB 4546        Oliverson                                             
Relating to the election of remedies in suits against certain veterinarians.

HB 4202        Swanson                                               
Relating to proof of identity of a person making an acknowledgment of a written instrument.

HB 5624        Buckley | et al.                                       
Relating to the liability of a motorized off-road vehicle entity for injuries arising from certain activities.

HB 3964        Vasut                                                 
Relating to common law public nuisance claims.

HB 872         Harrison                                              
Relating to the burden of proof in certain derivative proceedings.

HB 4775        Flores                                                
Relating to an application for a warrant to seize a cruelly treated animal.

HB 4777        Flores                                                
Relating to liability for the loss, injury, or death of a domestic animal.

HB 4961        Gerdes | et al.                                        
Relating to noneconomic damage liability for a collision with a motorist who failed to establish financial responsibility.

HB 5570        Kitzman                                               
Relating to the minimum continuing legal education requirements for an attorney serving as a state official appointed by the governor and confirmed by the senate.

HB 2988        DeAyala                                               
Relating to the award of costs and attorney's fees in an action involving the exercise of certain constitutional rights.

HB 4260        Bumgarner                                             
Relating to a prohibition on the practice of law in certain courts by a county commissioner or a county judge.

HB 1375        Schatzline                                            
Relating to civil liability for obscenity.

HB 5009        Hayes                                                 
Relating to the collection or execution of certain judgments; authorizing fees.

HB 5411        Hayes                                                 
Relating to the financial disclosure requirements for judges receiving contributions from parties involved in cases they preside over.

HB 5134        Garcia Hernandez, Cassandra                            
Relating to eligibility to request a deposition before bringing a civil action.

HB 4388        Holt                                                  
Relating to judicial authority and duties.

HB 3095        Morgan                                                
Relating to damage liability for a collision with a motorist who failed to establish financial responsibility.

HB 1387        Virdell | et al.                                       
Relating to a person's eligibility to sit for the examination for a license to practice law in this state.

Texas residents who wish to electronically submit comments related to

agenda items on this notice without testifying in person can do so until

the hearing is adjourned by visiting:

https://comments.house.texas.gov/home?c=c330

For those persons who will be testifying, information for in-person witness registration, can be found here: https://mytxlegis.capitol.texas.gov/HWRSPublic/About.aspx

A live video broadcast of this hearing will be available here: https://house.texas.gov/video-audio/

Instructions related to public access to the meeting location are available here: https://house.texas.gov/committees/public-access-house-committee-meetings/

Bills deleted after last posting:

HB 4803

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