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SB 266, 65th R.S.
Providing for the administration of family law by replacing the juvenile courts of Dallas and Harris counties and all functioning domestic relations courts with district courts of general jurisdiction to be called family district courts; providing for transfer of cases, process, and writs; providing for the jurisdiction, terms, personnel, facilities, and administration of these courts; providing for the appointment, qualifications, terms, and compensation of judges; restructuring existing juvenile boards in certain counties and providing for the futures creation and organization of juvenile boards in other counties and for compensation of members; making provisions relating to retirement benefits for judges of family district courts; providing effective dates; repealing the laws creating and providing for the replaced courts; repealing the laws providing for creation of domestic relations courts in Lubbock and Starr counties; making certain transition provisions and other provisions relating to such courts; and declaring an emergency.

Chamber Action Comments  Date 
S Filed   01/18/1977
S Read first time   01/24/1977
S Referred to Committee on Intergovernmental Relations   01/24/1977
S Coauthor authorized   02/02/1977
S Considered by committee in public hearing   04/06/1977
S Reported from committee favorably with amendments   04/06/1977
S Coauthor authorized   05/04/1977
S Rules suspended   05/04/1977
S Read second time   05/04/1977
S Amended   05/04/1977
S Passed to engrossment   05/04/1977
S Votes recorded   05/04/1977
S Third reading   05/04/1977
S Passed   05/04/1977
S Vote recorded on   05/04/1977
H Received from the Senate   05/05/1977
H Read first time   05/06/1977
H Referred to Committee on Judicial Affairs   05/06/1977
H Considered by committee in public hearing   05/16/1977
H Reported from committee with substitute   05/16/1977
H Read second time   05/17/1977
H Amendments   05/17/1977
H Point of order sustained   05/17/1977
H Referred to Committee on Calendars   05/18/1977
H Read second time   05/20/1977
H Amendments   05/20/1977
H Passed to third reading as amended   05/20/1977
H Votes recorded   05/20/1977
H Read third time   05/21/1977
H Amendments   05/21/1977
H Passed as amended   05/21/1977
H Votes recorded   05/21/1977
H Sent to Senate   05/23/1977
S House passage as amended reported   05/23/1977
S Refused to concur in House amendments   05/23/1977
S Conference committee requested   05/23/1977
S Conference committee appointed   05/23/1977
H Point of order sustained   05/24/1977
H Refusal to concur in House amendments by Senate   05/25/1977
H Conference committee requested   05/25/1977
H Senate conference committee appointed   05/25/1977
H House granted request of Senate for conference committee   05/25/1977
H House conference committee appointed   05/25/1977
H Adoption of conference committee report by Senate reported   05/28/1977
S Conference committee report adopted   05/28/1977
H Conference committee report submitted   05/28/1977
H Rules suspended   05/28/1977
H House adopted conference committee report   05/28/1977
H Votes recorded   05/28/1977
S Signed   05/30/1977
H Signed   05/30/1977
S Sent to Governor   05/30/1977
S Signed by Governor   06/17/1977
S Effective on . . . . . . . . . . 09/01/1977  06/17/1977


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