Bill > HB2799

This bill modifies reporting requirements for judicial statistics and performance measures in Texas, specifically excluding certain types of cases from monthly court activity reports and annual performance reports. The bill directs the Texas Judicial Council and the Office of Court Administration to exclude family law cases from their statistical and performance reporting, and for counties with a population of two million or more, all civil cases will also be excluded from these reports. Currently, the Texas Judicial Council is required to gather detailed monthly court activity statistics for trial courts, including metrics like case assignments, clearance rates, dispositions, jury panels, pleas, and trials. The new provisions will limit the reporting of these statistics, effectively reducing the transparency of court performance data for family law and civil cases in large counties. The bill requires the Texas Judicial Council to adopt rules to implement these changes and will take effect on September 1, 2025, with the goal of potentially reducing administrative burden or protecting certain case information from public reporting.

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