Inviting the chief justice of the Supreme Court of Texas to address a joint session of the legislature on February 26, 2025.
This concurrent resolution invites Texas Supreme Court Chief Justice Jimmy Blacklock to address a joint session of the Texas legislature on February 26, 2025. It implements a state law requiring the chief justice to deliver an annual "state of the judiciary" message evaluating court accessibility and needs. The resolution specifically schedules this address for the start of the 89th Legislature's regular session, as mandated by statute. It does not create new laws or affect any citizens or organizations beyond facilitating this required legislative communication.
Bill status
passed both
4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
House Passage
Feb 2025
Senate Passage
Feb 2025
Governor
Introduced Feb 12, 2025
Last action Feb 19, 2025
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The bill text was reformatted from a standard legislative format to an enrolled version with added spacing and metadata. The substantive policy content regarding the Chief Justice's judiciary message remains unchanged.
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The document was converted from an introduced draft to an enrolled version, adding bill metadata, spacing, and signature lines while preserving the original legislative text.
Floor votes · House Feb 11, 2025
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
15
Key actions
5
Committee
0
Feb 19, 2025
Introduced
Filed with the Secretary of State
executive
Feb 19, 2025
Upper · Passed
Signed in the Senate
upper
Feb 18, 2025
Lower · Passed
Signed in the House
lower
Feb 13, 2025
Lower · Passed
Senate passage reported
lower
Feb 12, 2025
Upper · Passed
Adopted
upper
Feb 12, 2025
Introduced
Received from the House
upper
Feb 11, 2025
Lower · Passed
Adopted
lower
2 primary · 0 co-sponsors
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