SB 244, 68th R.S.
Relating to the mandatory use of interest earned on certain client funds held by attorneys, law firms, or professional corporations engaged in the practice of law to provide legal services to the indigent in civil matters; to the deposit of the funds; to the creation and administration of a program by the Texas Supreme Court to carry out the purpose of Article 317a, Revised Statutes, and to the powers and duties of the court; to the formation, operation, powers, duties, and liability of a nonprofit corporation to be the recipient and disbursing agent for interest earned on client funds; and to liability of depository institutions.
| Chamber | Action | Comments | ↓ Date ↑ |
| H | Record vote | 05/30/1983 | |
| H | House refused to adopt conference committee report | 05/30/1983 | |
| H | Point of order withdrawn | 05/30/1983 | |
| H | Conference committee report submitted | 05/30/1983 | |
| H | Senate adopted conference committee report | 05/30/1983 | |
| S | Record vote | 05/30/1983 | |
| S | Senate adopts conference committee report | 05/30/1983 | |
| S | Conference committee report read & filed | 05/27/1983 | |
| H | Rules suspended | 05/27/1983 | |
| H | House conferees appointed | 05/17/1983 | |
| H | Conference committee requested | 05/17/1983 | |
| H | Senate conferees appointed | 05/09/1983 | |
| H | Senate granted request for conference committee | 05/09/1983 | |
| H | Senate refused to concur in House amendments | 05/09/1983 | |
| S | Senate conferees appointed | 05/09/1983 | |
| S | Conference committee requested | 05/09/1983 | |
| S | Member vote recorded in Journal | 05/09/1983 | |
| S | Senate refuses to concur in House amendments | 05/09/1983 | |
| S | House amendment laid before the Senate | 05/09/1983 | |
| S | House passage as amended reported | 05/05/1983 | |
| H | Sent to the Senate as amended | 05/05/1983 | |
| H | Record vote | 05/04/1983 | |
| H | Passed | 05/04/1983 | |
| H | Read third time | 05/04/1983 | |
| H | Record vote | 05/03/1983 | |
| H | Passed to third reading as amended | 05/03/1983 | |
| H | Record vote | 05/03/1983 | |
| H | Motion to table | 05/03/1983 | |
| H | Record vote | 05/03/1983 | |
| H | Amended | 05/03/1983 | |
| H | Read second time | 05/03/1983 | |
| H | Placed on daily General State Calendar | 05/03/1983 | |
| H | Committee report printed and sent to Committee on Calendars | 04/25/1983 | |
| H | Reported from committee favorably without amendments | 04/19/1983 | |
| H | Considered by committee in public hearing | 04/19/1983 | |
| H | Referred to Committee on Judicial Affairs | 04/05/1983 | |
| H | Read first time | 04/05/1983 | |
| H | Received from the Senate | 03/30/1983 | |
| S | Record vote | 03/29/1983 | |
| S | Passed | 03/29/1983 | |
| S | Read third time | 03/29/1983 | |
| S | Record vote | 03/29/1983 | |
| S | Rules suspended | 03/29/1983 | |
| S | Record vote | 03/28/1983 | |
| S | Passed to engrossment as amended | 03/28/1983 | |
| S | Amended | 03/28/1983 | |
| S | Read second time | 03/28/1983 | |
| S | Record vote | 03/28/1983 | |
| S | Rules suspended | 03/28/1983 | |
| S | Reported from committee favorably with amendments | 02/16/1983 | |
| S | Testimony taken | 02/15/1983 | |
| S | Considered by committee in public hearing | 02/15/1983 | |
| S | Scheduled for public hearing on . . . . . . | 02/15/1983 | |
| S | Referred to Committee on Jurisprudence | 01/26/1983 | |
| S | Read first time | 01/26/1983 | |
| S | Filed | 01/25/1983 |
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