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TX HB 4737

died on adjournment

Relating to the application processing time for admission to practice law in this state without examination for an attorney licensed to practice law in another state.

Texas · 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) · lower

Quick answers

Did TX HB 4737 pass?

No. TX HB 4737 died when the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) adjourned without final action on it. Bills that die this way are sometimes reintroduced in a later session. Latest recorded action (2025-05-14): Placed on General State Calendar

What is TX HB 4737 about?

TX HB 4737 is a bill in the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) titled “Relating to the application processing time for admission to practice law in this state without examination for an attorney licensed to practice law in another state.”.

Who sponsors TX HB 4737?

Bhojani, González, Jessica, Dyson and 2 others are the primary sponsors of TX HB 4737.

Introduced
2025-04-03
Latest action
2025-05-14 — Placed on General State Calendar
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Bhojaniprimary
  • González, Jessicaprimary
  • Dysonprimary
  • Hayesprimary
  • Floresprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-03-13

    Filed

    filing

  2. 2025-04-03

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  3. 2025-04-03

    Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence

    referral-committee

  4. 2025-04-16

    Considered in public hearing

  5. 2025-04-16

    Left pending in committee

  6. 2025-05-01

    Considered in formal meeting

  7. 2025-05-01

    Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

    committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

  8. 2025-05-09

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

    filing

  9. 2025-05-09

    Committee report distributed

  10. 2025-05-10

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  11. 2025-05-12

    Considered in Calendars

  12. 2025-05-14

    Placed on General State Calendar

Versions

Documents

Votes

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Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_bills/HB04700_HB04799/HB 4737.xml

Attribution

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