Committee on Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence

Jurisdiction:

Judiciary and Civil Jurisprudence

(a) The committee shall have 11 members, with jurisdiction over all matters pertaining to:

(1) fines and penalties arising under civil laws;
(2) civil law, including rights, duties, remedies, and procedures thereunder, and including matters relating to familial relationships, probate, and guardianship;
(3) civil procedure in the courts of Texas;
(4) administrative law and the adjudication of rights by administrative agencies;
(5) permission to sue the state;
(6) uniform state laws;
(7) creating, changing, or otherwise affecting courts of judicial districts of the state;
(8) establishing districts for the election of judicial officers;
(9) courts and court procedures except where jurisdiction is specifically granted to some other standing committee; and
(10) the following state agencies: the Supreme Court, the courts of appeals, the Court of Criminal Appeals, the State Commission on Judicial Conduct, the Office of Court Administration of the Texas Judicial System, the State Law Library, the Texas Judicial Council, the Judicial Branch Certification Commission, the Office of the Attorney General, the Board of Law Examiners, the State Bar of Texas, and the State Office of Administrative Hearings.

(b) The committee has one permanent standing subcommittee, a subcommittee on Family and Fiduciary Relationships, to consider all matters relating to civil law, including rights, duties, remedies, and procedures thereunder, in matters relating to familial relationships, probate, and guardianship.