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SB311 • 2025

Relating to the writ power of the Texas Supreme Court.

Relating to the writ power of the Texas Supreme Court.

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Hughes
Last action
2025-05-20
Official status
05/20/2025 H Committee report sent to Calendars
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 writ power of the Texas Supreme Court.

Relating to the writ power of the Texas Supreme Court.

What This Bill Does

  • Relating to the writ power of the Texas Supreme Court.

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. 2025-05-20 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  2. 2025-05-19 Texas Legislature Online

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

  3. 2025-05-19 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report distributed

  4. 2025-05-14 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  5. 2025-05-14 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

  6. 2025-05-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  7. 2025-05-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  8. 2025-05-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

  9. 2025-05-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Left pending in committee

  10. 2025-05-08 Texas Legislature Online

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  11. 2025-05-08 Texas Legislature Online

    Meeting cancelled

  12. 2025-05-08 Texas Legislature Online

    Posting rule suspended

  13. 2025-04-22 Texas Legislature Online

    Read first time

  14. 2025-04-22 Texas Legislature Online

    Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence

  15. 2025-04-14 Texas Legislature Online

    Received from the Senate

  16. 2025-04-10 Texas Legislature Online

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  17. 2025-04-10 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote

  18. 2025-04-10 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment

  19. 2025-04-10 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote

  20. 2025-04-10 Texas Legislature Online

    Three day rule suspended

  21. 2025-04-10 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote

  22. 2025-04-10 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 3rd time

  23. 2025-04-10 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed

  24. 2025-04-10 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote

  25. 2025-04-10 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported engrossed

  26. 2025-04-09 Texas Legislature Online

    Placed on intent calendar

  27. 2025-03-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported favorably w/o amendments

  28. 2025-03-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Recommended for local & uncontested calendar

  29. 2025-03-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report printed and distributed

  30. 2025-03-24 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  31. 2025-03-24 Texas Legislature Online

    Vote taken in committee

  32. 2025-03-20 Texas Legislature Online

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  33. 2025-03-20 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  34. 2025-03-20 Texas Legislature Online

    Testimony taken in committee

  35. 2025-03-20 Texas Legislature Online

    Left pending in committee

  36. 2025-02-03 Texas Legislature Online

    Read first time

  37. 2025-02-03 Texas Legislature Online

    Referred to State Affairs

  38. 2024-11-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Received by the Secretary of the Senate

  39. 2024-11-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Filed

Official Summary Text

Relating to the writ power of the Texas Supreme Court.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
89(R) SB 311 - House Committee Report version - Bill Text

By: Hughes

S.B. No. 311

(Landgraf)

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the writ power of the Texas Supreme Court.

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

SECTION 1. Section 22.002(a), Government Code, is amended

to read as follows:

(a) The supreme court or a justice of the supreme court may

issue writs of procedendo and certiorari and all writs of quo

warranto and mandamus agreeable to the principles of law regulating

those writs, [
against a statutory county court judge, a statutory

probate court judge, a district judge, a court of appeals or a

justice of a court of appeals, or any officer of state government
]

except
the supreme court or justice may not issue a writ against
the

governor[
, the court of criminal appeals, or a judge of the court of

criminal appeals
].

SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act to Section

22.002(a), Government Code, apply only to an application for a writ

of procedendo, certiorari, quo warranto, or mandamus filed in the

Texas Supreme Court on or after the effective date of this Act. An

application for a writ of procedendo, certiorari, quo warranto, or

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

the law in effect on 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.