89R13353 MZM-D
By: DeAyala H.B. No. 2988
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the award of costs and attorney's fees in an action
involving the exercise of certain constitutional rights.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 27, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, is
amended by adding Section 27.0091 to read as follows:
Sec. 27.0091. COSTS. In any legal action subject to this
chapter, the court may award costs and reasonable and necessary
attorney's fees as are equitable and just.
SECTION 2. Sections 27.007 and 27.009, Civil Practice and
Remedies Code, are repealed.
SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
an action filed on or after the effective date of this Act. An
action filed before the effective date of this Act is governed by
the law as it existed immediately before that date, and that law is
continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.