---
title: Courts--Appellate - Texas Legislation
subject: Courts--Appellate
total_bills: 3
unique_authors: 3
critical_bills: 1
high_cost_bills: 0
canonical_url: "https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/courts-appellate"
source: JD Key Consulting - Texas Legislative Intelligence
---

# Courts--Appellate

Legislative subject area in the Texas 89th Legislature

## Overview

- **Total Bills:** 3
- **Unique Authors:** 3
- **Critical Compliance:** 1 bills
- **Bipartisan Bills:** 2

## Chamber Breakdown

- **Senate:** 2 bills
- **Senate:** 1 bills

## Compliance Urgency Distribution

- **Critical:** 1 bills
- **Moderate:** 2 bills

## Top Authors in This Subject

- **Brooks Landgraf** (R, House) - 1 bills
- **Jeff Leach** (R, House) - 1 bills
- **Royce West** (D, Senate) - 1 bills

## Related Subjects

- [Courts](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/courts) (3 shared bills)
- [Courts--Judges](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/courts-judges) (3 shared bills)
- [SUPREME COURT](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/supreme-court) (2 shared bills)
- [Courts--Administration](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/courts-administration) (2 shared bills)
- [Courts--District](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/courts-district) (2 shared bills)
- [MONTGOMERY COUNTY](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/montgomery-county) (2 shared bills)
- [Insurance](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/insurance) (1 shared bills)
- [Interim Studies](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/interim-studies) (1 shared bills)

## Enforcing Agencies

- [Office of Court Administration](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/agency/office-of-court-administration) - 2 bills
- [Texas District Courts](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/agency/texas-district-courts) - 1 bills
- [District Clerks](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/agency/district-clerks) - 1 bills
- [County Clerks](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/agency/county-clerks) - 1 bills

## High Impact Bills

| Bill | Title | Urgency | Cost |
|------|-------|---------|------|
| [HB16](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb16-89th-2nd-special) | Relating to the operation and administrati... | Critical | Medium |

## All Bills

| Bill | Title | Author | Compliance |
|------|-------|--------|------------|
| [HB16](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb16-89th-2nd-special) | Relating to the operation and adminis... | Jeff Leach (R) | Critical |
| [HB40](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb40-89th-regular) | Relating to the business court. | Brooks Landgraf (R) | Moderate |
| [SB1734](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb1734-89th-regular) | Relating to status of certain documen... | Royce West (D) | Moderate |

## Source Links

- [Full Interactive Analysis](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/courts-appellate)
- [All Texas Subjects](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subjects)

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