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H.B. 19, 88th Legislature (2023): Creation of the Texas Business Court
H.B. 19 (88th Leg., 2023) created the Texas Business Court, Tex. Gov't Code ch. 25A.
Citation: Tex. H.B. 19, 88th Leg., R.S. (2023), Acts 2023, ch. 380
Type: Legislative History
Jurisdiction: Texas
Issuing body: Texas Legislature
Status: Enacted; Tex. Gov't Code ch. 25A effective September 1, 2023; business court created September 1, 2024
House Bill 19 created the Texas Business Court as a specialty trial court and added Chapter 25A to the Texas Government Code, including section 25A.004 on jurisdiction. The bill's companion was S.B. 27, listed by Texas Legislature Online as identical. The site's guides cite the enacted jurisdiction provisions, including the intellectual property clause in section 25A.004(d)(4) and the trade secrets clause in section 25A.004(d)(5). No filed-versus-enrolled text comparison is included in this record.
History.
- 2023: 88th Legislature enacts H.B. 19 as Acts 2023, ch. 380, adding Tex. Gov't Code ch. 25A, effective September 1, 2023.
- 2024-09-01: Business court created under Section 5 of the Act; initial divisions begin receiving cases.
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