Texas Supreme Court Orders & News

2023

• Supreme Court of Texas Docket No. 23-9068 Preliminary Approval of Amendments to Texas Rule of Judicial Administration 7
  (August 25, 2023)

• Supreme Court of Texas Docket No. 23-9067 Preliminary Approval of Amendments to Texas Rules of Disciplinary Procedure 1.06, 2.10, 2.17, 7.08, and 7.11
  (August 25, 2023)

• Supreme Court of Texas Docket No. 23-9063 Order Approving Revised Protective Order Forms
  (August 25, 2023)

• Supreme Court of Texas Docket No. 23-9062 Preliminary Approval of Amendments to Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure 24.1 and 24.2
  (August 25, 2023)

• Supreme Court of Texas Docket No. 23-9061 Amended Order Giving Preliminary Approval of Amendments to Canons 3B, 5, and 6 of the Texas Code of Judicial Conduct and the Procedural Rules for the Removal or Retirement of Judges, Now Titled the Procedural Rules for the State Commission on Judicial Conduct
  (August 25, 2023)

• Supreme Court of Texas Docket No. 23-9055 Renewed Emergency Order Regarding Indigent Defense and the Border Security State of Disaster
  (August 25, 2023)

• Supreme Court of Texas Docket No. 23-9054 Final Preliminary Approval of Amendments to Canons 3B, 5, and 6 of the Texas Code of Judicial Conduct and the Procedural Rules for the Removal or Retirement of Judges, Now Titled the Procedural Rules for the State Commission on Judicial Conduct
  (August 7, 2023)

• Supreme Court of Texas Docket No. 23-9053 Preliminary Approval of Amendments to Texas Rules of Civil Procedure 21, 165a, 239a, 246, 297, 298, 299, 299a, and 306a
  (August 7, 2023)

• Supreme Court of Texas Docket No. 23-9052 Preliminary Approval of Texas Rules of Civil Procedure 194a and 195a and of Amendments to Texas Rules of Civil Procedure 190, 192, 194, 195, 196, 197, and 198
  (August 7, 2023)

• Supreme Court of Texas Docket No. 23-9051 Final Approval of Amendments to Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure 6 (Joint Order, Court of Criminal Appeals Misc. Docket No. 23-003)
  (August 4, 2023)

• Supreme Court of Texas Docket No. 23-9050 Order Amending Comment to Texas Rule of Civil Procedure 21d
  (August 1, 2023)

• Supreme Court of Texas Docket No. 23-9047 Order Approving Repeal of Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure 28.2 and Amendments to Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure 28.3
  (July 25, 2023)

• Supreme Court of Texas Docket No. 23-9045 Preliminary Approval of Amendments to the Rule for Magistrates in Inmate Litigation to Expand the Applicability of the Rule to Litigation Involving Certain Civilly Committed Individuals
  (July 19, 2023)

• Supreme Court of Texas Docket No. 23-9044 Preliminary Approval of Amendments to Texas Rules of Civil Procedure 221, 222, 225, and 504.2
  (July 14, 2023)

• Supreme Court of Texas Docket No. 23-9037 Order Approving Revised Will Forms
  (July 7, 2023)

• Supreme Court of Texas Docket No. 23-9039 Renewed Emergency Order Regarding Indigent Defense and the Border Security State of Disaster
  (June 30, 2023)

• Supreme Court of Texas Docket No. 23-9029 Final Approval of Texas Rule of Civil Procedure 306b and Texas Rule of Judicial Administration 17 and of Amendments to Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure 25.1, 28.4, and 32.1 and Texas Rule of Judicial Administration 6.2
  (May 30, 2023)

• Supreme Court of Texas Docket No. 23-9027 Preliminary Approval of Amendments to Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure 6
  (May 2, 2023)

• Supreme Court of Texas Docket No. 23-9024 Emergency Order Regarding the Texas Eviction Diversion Program
  (April 28, 2023)

• Supreme Court of Texas Docket No. 23-9025 Renewed Emergency Order Regarding Indigent Defense and the Border Security State of Disaster
  (April 28, 2023)

• Supreme Court of Texas Docket No. 23-9021 Final Approval of Amendments to Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure 34.5(a)
  (April 18, 2023)

• Supreme Court of Texas Docket No. 23-9015 Final Approval of Amendments to Texas Rules of Judicial Administration 7 and 10
  (March 10, 2023)

• Supreme Court of Texas Docket No. 23-9014 Final Approval of a Form Sworn Application and Petition to Stop Cyberbullying
  (March 10, 2023)

• Supreme Court of Texas Docket No. 23-9011 Emergency Order Regarding the Texas Eviction Diversion Program
  (Feb. 28, 2023)

• Supreme Court of Texas Docket No. 23-9010 Renewed Emergency Order Regarding Indigent Defense and the Border Security State of Disaster
  (Feb. 28, 2023)

• Supreme Court of Texas Docket No. 23-9005 Final General Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster
  (Jan. 27, 2023)

• Supreme Court of Texas Docket No. 23-9004 Final Approval of Texas Rules of Civil Procedure 21d and 500.10 and of Amendments to Texas Rules of Civil Procedure 21, 500.2, 501.4, and 505.1
  (Jan. 27, 2023)

• Supreme Court of Texas and Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas Docket No. 23-9001 Final approval of Amendments to Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure 39.7
  (Jan. 24, 2023)

The State of the Judiciary in Texas

• April 5, 2023
  The State of the Judiciary in Texas: An Adress to the People of Texas

• March 23, 2021
  The State of the Judiciary in Texas: An Address to the People of Texas

• Feb. 6, 2019
  The State of the Judiciary in Texas: Presented to the 86th Legislature by Chief Justice Nathan L. Hecht

• Feb. 1, 2017
  The State of the Judiciary in Texas: Presented to the 85th Legislature by Chief Justice Nathan L. Hecht

• Feb. 18, 2015
  The State of the Judiciary in Texas: Presented to the 84th Legislature by Chief Justice Nathan L. Hecht

• March 6, 2013
  The State of the Judiciary in Texas: Presented to the 83rd Legislature by Chief Justice Wallace B. Jefferson

Ethics Resources Clearinghouse

Ad: texasbar.com/ethics “The State Bar of Texas, in collaboration with the Supreme Court of Texas, has created an online clearinghouse of ethics resources for Texas lawyers, judges, and legal professionals.” ( Jan. 1, 2013)