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HB2988 • 2025

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

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

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
DeAyala
Last action
2025-04-23
Official status
04/23/2025 H Left pending in committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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

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

What This Bill Does

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

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Bill History

  1. 2025-04-23 Texas Legislature Online

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  2. 2025-04-23 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  3. 2025-04-23 Texas Legislature Online

    Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

  4. 2025-04-23 Texas Legislature Online

    Left pending in committee

  5. 2025-03-20 Texas Legislature Online

    Read first time

  6. 2025-03-20 Texas Legislature Online

    Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence

  7. 2025-02-18 Texas Legislature Online

    Filed

Official Summary Text

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

Current Bill Text

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89(R) HB 2988 - Introduced version - Bill Text

89R13353 MZM-D

By: DeAyala

H.B. No. 2988

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the award of costs and attorney's fees in an action

involving the exercise of certain constitutional rights.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Chapter 27, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, is

amended by adding Section 27.0091 to read as follows:

Sec.

27.0091.

COSTS.

In any legal action subject to this

chapter, the court may award costs and reasonable and necessary

attorney's fees as are equitable and just.

SECTION 2. Sections 27.007 and 27.009, Civil Practice and

Remedies Code, are repealed.

SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to

an action filed on or after the effective date of this Act. An

action filed before the effective date of this Act is governed by

the law as it existed immediately before that date, and that law is

continued in effect for that purpose.

SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.