By: Johnson S.B. No. 2834               A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the eviction hearings and appeals.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:   SECTION 1. Chapter 24, Property Code, is amended by adding Section   24.00l(c) to read as follows:          Sec. 24.00l(c) - In a case claiming forcible entry and   detainer, the Justice Court shall set a hearing no later than ten   days after the date the petition is filed and no sooner than three   days after the citation is served. If a Justice Court fails to   timely set a hearing in accordance with this Section 24.0ll(d), the   Justice of the Peace of such Justice Court shall be subject to   mandamus.          SECTION 2: Chapter 24, Property Code, is amended by adding   Section 24.0071 to read as follows:          Sec. 24.0071  - A county court shall schedule the trial date   on an appeal from a Justice Court pursuant to Section 24.001 of   Chapter 24 of the Texas Property Code no later than 21 days after   the appeal is filed in the Justice Court.          SECTION 3: The changes in law made by this Act apply only to   an eviction suit in which the petition is filed on or after the   effective date of this Act. An eviction suit in which the petition   is filed before the effective date of this Act is governed by the   law as it existed immediately before the effective date of this Act,   and that law is continued in effect for that purpose.          SECTION 4: This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.