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Committee on Jurisprudence reports more than a dozen bills favorably to full Senate; most cleared unanimously
Summary
The Committee on Jurisprudence voted to report numerous House bills and one Senate bill favorably to the full Senate and repeatedly recommended placement on the local uncontested calendar; most roll-call votes recorded five ayes and no nays.
The Senate Committee on Jurisprudence voted on Oct. 11, 2025, to report multiple bills favorably to the full Senate and, in most cases, recommended placement on the local uncontested calendar.
Bills the committee reported favorably on the record included House Bill 17 34 (transfer of court files in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship), House Bill 15 38 (committee substitute discussed separately), House Bill 23 40 (recordkeeping and qualifications for child custody evaluators), House Bill 23 50 (standing in suits affecting the parent-child relationship), House Bill 33 76 (training on Alzheimer’s disease and related disorders for certain guardians), House Bill 11 93 (confidentiality of informal marriage declarations), House Bill 24 95 (rights of sole managing conservator related to school enrollment), House Bill 27 33 (prosecution of barratry and solicitation of professional employment), House Bill 31 04 (appointment and compensation of certain court positions in Webb County), House Bill 43 25 (civil liability for barratry), and House Bill 33 95 (beneficiary designation for manufactured homes classified as personal property). The committee’s minutes and roll-call statements on the record show those items were reported to the full Senate.
Where recorded on the transcript, roll calls showed Creighton, Hinojosa, Middleton, Johnson and Hughes voting aye and no recorded nays, resulting in five ayes and no nays for most items. On several motions the transcript records the phrase "is there objection? Hearing none, it is so ordered," indicating unanimous committee consent to recommend placement on the local uncontested calendar. Several motions were moved by Senator Johnson on the record; when the transcript did not clearly state the mover, the committee proceeded to a roll call and approved the item.
The recorded discussion for these items on the transcript was brief and largely procedural; most items were laid out by the chair, a motion was made to report the bill favorably, and the clerk called the roll. No public testimony or extended debate on the substantive merits of these bills was recorded in the transcript provided.
The committee adjourned and stood in recess at the call of the chair.
