---
title: Courts--Justice - Texas Legislation
subject: Courts--Justice
total_bills: 4
unique_authors: 4
critical_bills: 2
high_cost_bills: 0
canonical_url: "https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/courts-justice"
source: JD Key Consulting - Texas Legislative Intelligence
---

# Courts--Justice

Legislative subject area in the Texas 89th Legislature

## Overview

- **Total Bills:** 4
- **Unique Authors:** 4
- **Critical Compliance:** 2 bills
- **Bipartisan Bills:** 4

## Chamber Breakdown

- **Senate:** 3 bills
- **Senate:** 1 bills

## Compliance Urgency Distribution

- **Critical:** 2 bills
- **Low:** 2 bills

## Top Authors in This Subject

- **Charles Perry** (R, Senate) - 1 bills
- **Jeff Leach** (R, House) - 1 bills
- **Judith Zaffirini** (D, Senate) - 1 bills
- **Paul Bettencourt** (R, Senate) - 1 bills

## Related Subjects

- [Courts](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/courts) (4 shared bills)
- [Courts--Judges](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/courts-judges) (3 shared bills)
- [Courts--County & Statutory](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/courts-county-statutory) (2 shared bills)
- [County Government--General](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/county-government-general) (2 shared bills)
- [Courts--Civil Procedure](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/courts-civil-procedure) (2 shared bills)
- [County Government](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/county-government) (2 shared bills)
- [SUPREME COURT](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/supreme-court) (2 shared bills)
- [Interim Studies](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/interim-studies) (1 shared bills)

## Enforcing Agencies

- [Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/agency/texas-department-of-licensing-and-regulation) - 1 bills
- [Office of Court Administration](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/agency/office-of-court-administration) - 1 bills
- [Texas Commission on Law Enforcement](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/agency/texas-commission-on-law-enforcement) - 1 bills
- [Supreme Court of Texas](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/agency/supreme-court) - 1 bills
- [Texas Department of Public Safety](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/agency/texas-department-of-public-safety) - 1 bills
- [Municipal Courts](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/agency/municipal-courts) - 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 |
| [SB38](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb38-89th-regular) | Relating to the eviction from real propert... | Critical | Low |

## 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 |
| [SB1574](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb1574-89th-regular) | Relating to a centers of excellence p... | Judith Zaffirini (D) | Low |
| [SB296](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb296-89th-regular) | Relating to driving safety or motorcy... | Charles Perry (R) | Low |
| [SB38](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb38-89th-regular) | Relating to the eviction from real pr... | Paul Bettencourt (R) | Critical |

## Source Links

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

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