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      By: Bettencourt  S.B. No. 1975          (In the Senate - Filed March 6, 2025; March 17, 2025, read   first time and referred to Committee on Jurisprudence;   April 10, 2025, reported favorably by the following vote:  Yeas 5,   Nays 0; April 10, 2025, sent to printer.) Click here to see the committee vote     A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT     relating to venue in certain actions involving a contract for an   improvement to real property.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 15, Civil Practice and   Remedies Code, is amended by adding Section 15.021 to read as   follows:           Sec.   15.021.     CONTRACTS FOR IMPROVEMENTS TO REAL PROPERTY.   (a) A venue provision in a contract for an improvement to real   property located in this state that requires an action involving a   contractor, subcontractor, or materialman who is a resident of this   state to be brought outside this state is void as a matter of public   policy.           (b)     To the extent that a venue provision in a contract is   void under this section, unless the parties stipulate to another   venue after the dispute arises, an action arising out of the   contract shall be brought only in this state in the county in which:                 (1)  the defendant resides;                 (2)  the cause of action accrued; or                 (3)     the property that is the subject of the litigation   is located.          SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only   to a contract entered into on or after the effective date of this   Act.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.     * * * * *