HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

COMMITTEE:   Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence 

TIME & DATE: 2:00 PM or upon final adjourn./recess
Tuesday, March 10, 2015 

PLACE:       E2.026 
CHAIR:       Rep. John Smithee 

HJR 62        Canales
Proposing a constitutional amendment requiring the recording of certain proceedings of the Texas Supreme Court and the Court of Criminal Appeals and the publication of the recordings.

HB 230        Farrar                 
Relating to recovery of attorney's fees in certain civil cases.

HB 234        Farrar                 
Relating to the costs associated with proceedings regarding cruelly treated animals; authorizing fees and costs.

HB 241        Leach                  
Relating to substituted service of citation through a social media presence.

HB 968        Hernandez | et al.     
Relating to civil liability of shareholders and members of certain legal entities that engage in the trafficking of persons.

HB 1080       Hughes                 
Relating to the definition of a state judge for purposes of state driver's license and personal identification laws.

HB 1122       Clardy                 
Relating to the number of jurors required in certain civil cases pending in a statutory county court.

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