In 2017, the Texas Legislature amended Chapter 81 of the Government Code to create the Committee on Disciplinary Rules and Referenda (CDRR) and to overhaul the disciplinary rule proposal process. Under the new process, a proposed rule must be approved by the CDRR, the State Bar Board of Directors, State Bar membership, and the Supreme Court of Texas.

The Board approved eight rule proposals recommended by the CDRR. The CDRR previously published each proposal for public comment and held public hearings on the proposals.

On September 25, 2020, the Board voted to petition the Supreme Court for a rules vote.

The Supreme Court ordered a rules vote on September 29, 2020.

Voting began on February 2, 2021, and ended on March 4, 2021, at 5 p.m. CST.

Rule proposals address the following subjects:

This site provides an overview of all rule proposals included in the 2021 Rules Vote.

The proposed rule changes will be published in the January 2022 issue of the Texas Bar Journal.

For background information on each rule proposal, please visit the Docketed Requests page on the CDRR site.