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Read. Follow. Verify.Texas HB 1928 requires estates and parties to reimburse counties for assigned probate judge costs
Last action · May 5, 2025: Left pending in subcommitteeSponsor: Stan Gerdes
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What This Bill Proposed
House Bill 1928 requires assigned s to order estates and parties to reimburse counties for the judge's compensation and expenses when assigned to hear a . The measure applies to motions filed on or after September 1, 2025.
Estates involved in contested probate matters face new financial obligations to cover the daily compensation and expenses of judges assigned from outside the county.
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Counties
Counties are eligible to receive reimbursement from estates and parties for compensation and expenses paid to assigned statutory probate court judges.
Estates and probate parties
Estates and litigants involved in contested probate matters must pay apportioned reimbursement costs for assigned judges.
Statutory probate court judges
Assigned judges are required to issue orders directing reimbursement and apportionment of their compensation and expenses.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · in House committee.
Procedural history
9 actions- May 5, 2025HouseLeft pending in subcommittee
- May 5, 2025HouseTestimony taken/registration(s) recorded in subcommittee
- May 5, 2025HouseCommittee substitute considered in s/c
- May 5, 2025HouseConsidered by s/c in public hearing
- May 5, 2025HouseScheduled for public hearing in s/c on . . .
- Mar 19, 2025HouseCommitteeReferred to s/c on Family & Fiduciary Relationships by chair
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- Mar 14, 2025HouseCommitteeReferred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
- Mar 14, 2025HouseIntroducedRead first time
- Jan 16, 2025HouseIntroducedFiled
Version history
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 45)
- Controversy10Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz15Current news / social attention level
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