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House approves database, gatekeeper orders for pleadings filed by adjudicated-incompetent persons

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Summary

House Bill 354 directs a new database to track individuals adjudicated incompetent and authorizes gatekeeper orders to prevent improper filings; lawmakers discussed retroactivity and exceptions.

The House passed the committee substitute to House Bill 354 on third reading, creating a statewide mechanism to record and block filings made by people adjudicated incompetent and to issue gatekeeper orders when necessary.

Representative Pirtle told the chamber the bill addresses pleadings filed by persons during periods when they have been…

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