---
title: Lawyers - Texas Legislation
subject: Lawyers
total_bills: 9
unique_authors: 8
critical_bills: 3
high_cost_bills: 1
canonical_url: "https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/lawyers"
source: JD Key Consulting - Texas Legislative Intelligence
---

# Lawyers

Legislative subject area in the Texas 89th Legislature

## Overview

- **Total Bills:** 9
- **Unique Authors:** 8
- **Critical Compliance:** 3 bills
- **High Cost Impact:** 1 bills
- **Bipartisan Bills:** 4

## Chamber Breakdown

- **Senate:** 7 bills
- **Senate:** 2 bills

## Compliance Urgency Distribution

- **Critical:** 3 bills
- **Moderate:** 3 bills
- **Low:** 2 bills
- **Unanalyzed:** 1 bills

## Top Authors in This Subject

- **Greg Bonnen** (R, House) - 2 bills
- **Brooks Landgraf** (R, House) - 1 bills
- **Charles Perry** (R, Senate) - 1 bills
- **David Cook** (R, House) - 1 bills
- **Joseph Moody** (D, House) - 1 bills
- **Lois Kolkhorst** (R, Senate) - 1 bills
- **Barbara Gervin-Hawkins** (D, House) - 1 bills
- **Terry Canales** (D, House) - 1 bills

## Related Subjects

- [Civil Remedies & Liabilities](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/civil-remedies-liabilities) (3 shared bills)
- [Courts](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/courts) (3 shared bills)
- [ATTORNEY GENERAL](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/attorney-general) (3 shared bills)
- [Intergovernmental Relations](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/intergovernmental-relations) (2 shared bills)
- [Courts--Administration](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/courts-administration) (2 shared bills)
- [Family](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/family) (2 shared bills)
- [Governor](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/governor) (2 shared bills)
- [Business & Commerce--General](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/business-commerce-general) (2 shared bills)

## Enforcing Agencies

- [Office of the Attorney General](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/agency/office-of-the-attorney-general) - 3 bills
- [Texas Medical Board](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/agency/texas-medical-board) - 1 bills
- [Department of Family and Protective Services](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/agency/department-of-family-and-protective-services) - 1 bills
- [Texas Civil Courts](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/agency/texas-civil-courts) - 1 bills
- [County Appraisal Districts](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/agency/county-appraisal-districts) - 1 bills
- [Office of Court Administration](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/agency/office-of-court-administration) - 1 bills

## High Impact Bills

| Bill | Title | Urgency | Cost |
|------|-------|---------|------|
| [HB130](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb130-89th-regular) | Relating to genetic information security f... | Critical | High |
| [HB2733](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb2733-89th-regular) | Relating to the prosecution of the crimina... | Critical | Low |
| [HB694](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb694-89th-regular) | Relating to the notification of certain pe... | Critical | Low |

## All Bills

| Bill | Title | Author | Compliance |
|------|-------|--------|------------|
| [HB130](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb130-89th-regular) | Relating to genetic information secur... | Greg Bonnen (R) | Critical |
| [HB2530](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb2530-89th-regular) | Relating to special appointments in s... | David Cook (R) | - |
| [HB2733](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb2733-89th-regular) | Relating to the prosecution of the cr... | Terry Canales (D) | Critical |
| [HB40](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb40-89th-regular) | Relating to the business court. | Brooks Landgraf (R) | Moderate |
| [HB4325](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb4325-89th-regular) | Relating to civil liability for prohi... | Joseph Moody (D) | Moderate |
| [HB5246](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb5246-89th-regular) | Relating to the administration, power... | Greg Bonnen (R) | Moderate |
| [HB694](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb694-89th-regular) | Relating to the notification of certa... | Barbara Gervin-Hawkins (D) | Critical |
| [SB370](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb370-89th-regular) | Relating to the availability of certa... | Charles Perry (R) | Low |
| [SB888](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb888-89th-regular) | Relating to the attorney general's de... | Lois Kolkhorst (R) | Low |

## Source Links

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

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