Sources & references
Primary sources
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Texas Government Code Ch. 25A — Business Court enabling statute
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House Bill 19 (88th Leg., R.S., 2023) — created the Texas Business Court (Tex. Gov't Code ch. 25A); signed June 9, 2023; court operational September 1, 2024
capitol.texas.gov
Senate Bill 1045 (88th Leg., R.S., 2023) — enacted alongside HB 19, creating the Fifteenth Court of Appeals
capitol.texas.gov -
House Bill 40 (89th Leg., R.S., 2025) — reduced the qualified-transaction and contract amount-in-controversy thresholds from $10M to $5M and removed the Sept. 1, 2026 sunset on the six inactive divisions, effective Sept. 1, 2025
capitol.texas.gov -
Senate Bill 29 (89th Leg., R.S., 2025) — the corporate-governance package: codified business judgment rule (§ 21.419), advance independence determination (§ 21.4161), exclusive-forum amendment (§ 2.115), and jury-trial waiver (§ 2.116); effective May 14, 2025
capitol.texas.gov -
Official court page — Texas Judicial Branch
txcourts.gov/businesscourt
Academic sources
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Zohar Goshen & Tomer S. Stein, Leaving Delaware? The Essential Role of Specialized Corporate Courts, 125 Colum. L. Rev. 2077 (2025)
Columbia Law Review (open access) -
Shane Goodwin, The Texas Two-Step: Rewriting the Rules in the Battle for Corporate Domicile, 53 Sec. Reg. L.J. no. 4 (Winter 2025)
SMU Scholar · CLS Blue Sky companion essay - Eric Talley, Sarath Sanga & Gabriel V. Rauterberg, Delaware Law’s Biggest Overhaul in Half a Century, CLS Blue Sky Blog (Feb. 18, 2025)
- Marcel Kahan & Edward B. Rock, The New Political Economy of Delaware Corporate Lawmaking, ECGI Law Working Paper No. 879/2025 (Sept. 2025)