Bill Text: TX HB5649 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the jurisdiction of a county court at law in Hidalgo County.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Introduced) 2025-04-07 - Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence [HB5649 Detail]

Download: Texas-2025-HB5649-Introduced.html

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89R7960 JTZ-D
By: Muñoz H.B. No. 5649

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the jurisdiction of a county court at law in Hidalgo
County.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 25.1102(a), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(a) In addition to the jurisdiction provided by Section
25.0003 and other law, a county court at law in Hidalgo County has
the [concurrent] jurisdiction provided by the constitution and
general law for [with the] district courts [court] in:
(1) family law cases and proceedings; and
(2) civil cases regardless of the amount [in which the
matter] in controversy [does not exceed $750,000, excluding
interest, statutory or punitive damages and penalties, and
attorney's fees and costs, as alleged on the page of the petition].
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to a cause of action filed on or after the effective date of this
Act. A cause of action filed before that date is governed by the law
in effect immediately before that date, and that law is continued in
effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.