89R12441 AMF-D     By: Dutton H.B. No. 2799       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the exclusion of certain cases from judicial statistics   reporting, court performance measures, or other judicial or court   efficiency reporting by the Texas Judicial Council and the Office   of Court Administration of the Texas Judicial System.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 71.035(a), Government Code, as amended   by Chapters 486 (H.B. 841) and 677 (H.B. 1182), Acts of the 88th   Legislature, Regular Session, 2023, is reenacted and amended to   read as follows:          (a)  Subject to Subsection (a-0), the [The] council shall   gather judicial statistics and other pertinent information,   including for each trial court in this state monthly court activity   statistics and case-level information on the amount and character   of the business transacted by the court, from the several state   judges and other court officials of this state. The monthly   information gathered by the council for each trial court in a county   with a population of at least one million must include, but is not   limited to:                (1)  the number of cases assigned to the court;                (2)  the case clearance rate for the court;                (3)  the number of cases disposed by the court;                (4)  the number of jury panels empaneled for the court;                (5)  the number of orders of continuance for an   attorney before the court or by the court;                (6)  the number of pleas accepted by the court;                (7)  the number of cases tried by the judge of the court   or before a jury; and                (8)  the number of cases tried before a visiting or   associate judge of the court.          SECTION 2.  Section 71.035, Government Code, is amended by   adding Subsection (a-0) to read as follows:          (a-0)  The monthly information the council gathers under   Subsection (a) on each trial court in this state excludes:                (1)  family law cases; and                (2)  for a county with a population of two million or   more, all civil cases.          SECTION 3.  Section 72.082, Government Code, is amended to   read as follows:          Sec. 72.082.  PERFORMANCE REPORT. The office shall annually   collect and publish a performance report of information regarding   the efficiency of the courts of this state. The report must include   certain disaggregated performance measures for each appellate   court, district court, statutory county court, statutory probate   court, and county court.  The report may not include performance   measures related to:                (1)  family law cases; or                (2)  for a county with a population of two million or   more, any civil case.          SECTION 4.  Section 72.083, Government Code, is amended by   amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (c) to read as   follows:          (b)  Subject to Subsection (c), the [The] office shall   annually report the following performance measures for each   district court, statutory county court, statutory probate court,   and county court:                (1)  the court's clearance rate;                (2)  the average time a case is before the court from   filing to disposition; and                (3)  the age of the court's active pending caseload.          (c)  The office shall exclude from the report required under   Subsection (b) performance measures related to:                 (1)  family law cases; or                (2)  for a county with a population of two million or   more, any civil case.          SECTION 5.  As soon as practicable after the effective date   of this Act, the Texas Judicial Council shall adopt any rules   necessary to implement the changes in law made by this Act,   including the rules necessary for the Office of Court   Administration of the Texas Judicial System to collect the   information required under Sections 71.035, 72.082, and 72.083,   Government Code, as amended by this Act.          SECTION 6.  To the extent of any conflict, this Act prevails   over another Act of the 89th Legislature, Regular Session, 2025,   relating to nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in enacted   codes.          SECTION 7.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.