KLS Keeping Law Simple Legislation in plain English

Straight-ahead summaries built from the official bill text. We keep the source links front and center and leave the decision up to you.

Back to Texas

HB5697 • 2025

Relating to the jurisdiction of the county courts at law in Tom Green County.

Relating to the jurisdiction of the county courts at law in Tom Green County.

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Darby
Last action
2025-05-01
Official status
05/01/2025 H Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence: May 1 2025 5:10PM
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

Relating to the jurisdiction of the county courts at law in Tom Green County.

Relating to the jurisdiction of the county courts at law in Tom Green County.

What This Bill Does

  • Relating to the jurisdiction of the county courts at law in Tom Green County.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2025-05-01 Texas Legislature Online

    Read first time

  2. 2025-05-01 Texas Legislature Online

    Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence

  3. 2025-04-30 Texas Legislature Online

    Filed

Official Summary Text

Relating to the jurisdiction of the county courts at law in Tom Green County.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
89(R) HB 5697 - Introduced version - Bill Text

89R15051 BCH-D

By: Darby

H.B. No. 5697

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the jurisdiction of the county courts at law in Tom

Green County.

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

SECTION 1. Section 25.2282, Government Code, is amended by

adding Subsection (b) to read as follows:

(b)

In addition to the jurisdiction provided by Section

25.0003 and other law, a county court at law in Tom Green County has

concurrent jurisdiction with the district court in family law cases

and proceedings.

SECTION 2. Section 25.2282, Government Code, as amended by

this Act, applies only to a case filed or proceeding commenced on or

after the effective date of this Act. A case filed or proceeding

commenced before the effective date of this Act is governed by the

law in effect on the date the action was filed, and the former law is

continued in effect for that purpose.

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