Texas Specialty Courts

Acts 2001, 77th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1510 (H.B. 1287), Sec. 1, Eff. Sept. 1, 2001; adding Chapter 469 to the Health & Safety Code; authorizing establishing a "drug court program." (Subsequently transferred to Chapter 123, Government Code, by Acts 2013, 83rd Legislature). 

Acts 2003, 78th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1120 (H.B. 2609), Sec. 1, Eff. Sept. 1, 2003; adding Chapter 616 to the Health & Safety Code; authorizing establishing a "mental health court program." (Subsequently transferred to Chapter 125, Government Code, by Acts 2013, 83rd Legislature). 

Acts 2005, 79th Leg., R.S., Ch. 268 (S.B. 6), Sec. 1.63, Eff. Sept. 1, 2005; adding Chapter 264 to the Family Code; authorizing establishing a "family drug court program." (Subsequently transferred to Chapter 122, Government Code, by Acts 2013, 83rd Legislature). 

Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 840 (S.B. 1940), Sec. 4, Eff. June 19, 2009; adding Chapter 617 to the Health & Safety Code; authorizing establishing a "veterans court program." (Subsequently transferred to Chapter 124, Government Code, by Acts 2013, 83rd Legislature, and renamed the "veterans treatment court program" by Acts 2015, 84th Legislature). 

Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1167 (S.B. 484), Sec. 1, Eff. Sept. 1, 2013; adding Chapter 169A to the Health & Safety Code; authorizing establishing a "prostitution prevention program for defendants charged with [prostitution] under Section 43.02(a), Penal Code." (Subsequently transferred to Chapter 126, Government Code, by Acts 2015, 84th Legislature, and renamed the "commercially sexually exploited persons court program" by Acts 2015, 84th Legislature). 

Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 369 (H.B. 339), Sec. 1, Eff. Sept. 1, 2017; adding Chapter 129 to the Government Code; authorizing establishing a "public safety employees treatment court program." 

Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 135 (H.B. 454), Sec. 1, Eff. Sept. 1, 2022; adding Chapter 130 to the Government Code; authorizing establishing a "juvenile family drug court program."