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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