Adrogué, J. | February 25, 2025
This opinion addresses the removability of actions to the Texas Business Court that were filed in the district court before September 1, 2024, where a publicly traded company was joined as a defendant in the underlying case after September 1, 2024, and Defendants filed an opposed notice of removal within thirty days of the publicly traded defendant’s joinder. The Court concludes that it lacks subject-matter jurisdiction over this action because Section 8 of House Bill 19 limits the applicability of Texas Government Code Chapter 25A to “civil actions commenced on or after September 1, 2024.”