Bill Text: TX HB831 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the interlocutory appeal of certain orders regarding the constitutionality, effect, or enforceability of a statute.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-11-12 - Filed [HB831 Detail]
Download: Texas-2025-HB831-Introduced.html
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| By: Schofield | H.B. No. 831 | |
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| relating to the interlocutory appeal of certain orders regarding | ||
| the constitutionality, effect, or enforceability of a statute. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 51.014(a), Civil Practice and Remedies | ||
| Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
| (a) A person may appeal from an interlocutory order of a | ||
| district court, county court at law, statutory probate court, or | ||
| county court that: | ||
| (1) appoints a receiver or trustee; | ||
| (2) overrules a motion to vacate an order that | ||
| appoints a receiver or trustee; | ||
| (3) certifies or refuses to certify a class in a suit | ||
| brought under Rule 42 of the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure; | ||
| (4) grants or refuses a temporary injunction or grants | ||
| or overrules a motion to dissolve a temporary injunction as | ||
| provided by Chapter 65; | ||
| (5) denies a motion for summary judgment that is based | ||
| on an assertion of immunity by an individual who is an officer or | ||
| employee of the state or a political subdivision of the state; | ||
| (6) denies a motion for summary judgment that is based | ||
| in whole or in part upon a claim against or defense by a member of | ||
| the electronic or print media, acting in such capacity, or a person | ||
| whose communication appears in or is published by the electronic or | ||
| print media, arising under the free speech or free press clause of | ||
| the First Amendment to the United States Constitution, or Article | ||
| I, Section 8, of the Texas Constitution, or Chapter 73; | ||
| (7) grants or denies the special appearance of a | ||
| defendant under Rule 120a, Texas Rules of Civil Procedure, except | ||
| in a suit brought under the Family Code; | ||
| (8) grants or denies a plea to the jurisdiction by a | ||
| governmental unit as that term is defined in Section 101.001; | ||
| (9) denies all or part of the relief sought by a motion | ||
| under Section 74.351(b), except that an appeal may not be taken from | ||
| an order granting an extension under Section 74.351; | ||
| (10) grants relief sought by a motion under Section | ||
| 74.351(l); | ||
| (11) denies a motion to dismiss filed under Section | ||
| 90.007; | ||
| (12) denies a motion to dismiss filed under Section | ||
| 27.003; | ||
| (13) denies a motion for summary judgment filed by an | ||
| electric utility regarding liability in a suit subject to Section | ||
| 75.0022; | ||
| (14) denies a motion filed by a municipality with a | ||
| population of 500,000 or more in an action filed under Section | ||
| 54.012(6) or 214.0012, Local Government Code; | ||
| (15) makes a preliminary determination on a claim | ||
| under Section 74.353; | ||
| (16) overrules an objection filed under Section | ||
| 148.003(d) or denies all or part of the relief sought by a motion | ||
| under Section 148.003(f); [ |
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| (17) grants or denies a motion for summary judgment | ||
| filed by a contractor based on Section 97.002; | ||
| (18) determines that a statute violates the state or | ||
| federal constitution; or | ||
| (19) bars: | ||
| (A) a statute from taking effect or being | ||
| enforced; or | ||
| (B) a person, including a state agency or | ||
| political subdivision, from acting as if a statute is in full force | ||
| and effect. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. | ||
