Relating to the application processing time for admission to practice law in this state without examination for an attorney licensed to practice law in another state.

89(R) HB 4737 - House Committee Report version - Bill Text

89R18324 AMF-D

By: Bhojani, González of Dallas, Dyson,

H.B. No. 4737

Hayes, Flores

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the application processing time for admission to

practice law in this state without examination for an attorney

licensed to practice law in another state.

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

SECTION 1. Section 82.036, Government Code, is amended to

read as follows:

Sec. 82.036. FOREIGN ATTORNEYS.
(a)

Subject to Subsection

(b), the
[
The
] supreme court shall make such rules and regulations

as to admitting attorneys from other jurisdictions to practice law

in this state as it shall deem proper and just. All such attorneys

shall be required to furnish satisfactory proof as to good moral

character.

(b)

The Board of Law Examiners shall process an application

for admission to practice law in this state without examination for

an attorney licensed to practice law in another state of the United

States not later than the 100th day after the date the attorney

files the application with the board.

SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only

to an application for admission to practice law in this state

without examination filed with the Board of Law Examiners on or

after the effective date of this Act. An application for admission

to practice law in this state without examination filed before the

effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect the date

the application was filed, and the former law is continued in effect

for that purpose.

SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.