Revise venue laws for cases challenging constitutionality of recent laws

SB 97 revises state laws concerning where certain legal cases can be heard. It primarily affects individuals or groups who challenge the constitutionality of state laws enacted or amended within the current two-year legislative period. Under this bill, lawsuits that claim a recently passed law is unconstitutional or seek to prevent its enforcement must be filed in a county located within the legislative district of that law's primary sponsor. If such a case is initially filed elsewhere, the bill mandates a change of venue to the sponsor's legislative district.