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            S.B. No. 1603
         
               AN ACT
            
            relating to the decision of a court of appeals not to accept certain 
         
            interlocutory appeals.
         
                   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         
                   SECTION 1.  Section 51.014, Civil Practice and Remedies 
         
            Code, is amended by adding Subsections (g) and (h) to read as 
         
            follows:
         
                   (g)  If a court of appeals does not accept an appeal under 
         
            Subsection (f), the court shall state in its decision the specific 
         
            reason for finding that the appeal is not warranted under 
         
            Subsection (d).
         
                   (h)  The supreme court may review a decision by a court of 
         
            appeals not to accept an appeal under Subsection (f) de novo.  If 
         
            the supreme court concludes that the requirements to permit an 
         
            appeal under Subsection (d) are satisfied, the court may direct the 
         
            court of appeals to accept the appeal.
         
                   SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only 
         
            to an application for interlocutory appeal filed on or after the 
         
            effective date of this Act.
         
                   SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
         
            ______________________________
            ______________________________
         
               President of the Senate
            Speaker of the House     
         
                   I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1603 passed the Senate on 
         
            April 12, 2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0; and that 
         
            the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 11, 2023, by the 
         
            following vote:  Yeas 30, Nays 0.
         
            ______________________________
         
            Secretary of the Senate    
         
                   I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1603 passed the House, with 
         
            amendment, on May 4, 2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 143, 
         
            Nays 1, one present not voting.
         
            ______________________________
         
            Chief Clerk of the House   
         
            Approved:
         
            ______________________________ 
         
                        Date
         
            ______________________________ 
         
                      Governor
         
Statutes affected: 
Introduced: Civil Practice and Remedies Code 51.014 (Civil Practice and Remedies Code 51)
Senate Committee Report: Civil Practice and Remedies Code 51.014 (Civil Practice and Remedies Code 51)
Engrossed: Civil Practice and Remedies Code 51.014 (Civil Practice and Remedies Code 51)
House Committee Report: Civil Practice and Remedies Code 51.014 (Civil Practice and Remedies Code 51)
Enrolled: Civil Practice and Remedies Code 51.014 (Civil Practice and Remedies Code 51)




	AN ACT
	relating to the decision of a court of appeals not to accept certain
	interlocutory appeals.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Section 51.014, Civil Practice and Remedies
	Code, is amended by adding Subsections (g) and (h) to read as
	follows:
	(g) If a court of appeals does not accept an appeal under
	Subsection (f), the court shall state in its decision the specific
	reason for finding that the appeal is not warranted under
	Subsection (d).
	(h) The supreme court may review a decision by a court of
	appeals not to accept an appeal under Subsection (f) de novo. If
	the supreme court concludes that the requirements to permit an
	appeal under Subsection (d) are satisfied, the court may direct the
	court of appeals to accept the appeal.
	SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
	to an application for interlocutory appeal filed on or after the
	effective date of this Act.
	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.





	______________________________	______________________________
	President of the Senate	Speaker of the House

	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1603 passed the Senate on
	April 12, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0; and that
	the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 11, 2023, by the
	following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0.


	______________________________
	Secretary of the Senate

	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1603 passed the House, with
	amendment, on May 4, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 143,
	Nays 1, one present not voting.


	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House



	Approved:

	______________________________
	Date


	______________________________
	Governor