87R11003 TSS-D     By: Springer S.B. No. 1506       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to a supreme court rule, practice, or procedure.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 22.003, Government Code, is amended by   amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (c) to read as   follows:          (b)  Except as provided by Subsection (c), the [The] supreme   court may make and enforce all necessary rules of practice and   procedure, not inconsistent with the law, for the government of the   supreme court and all other courts of the state to expedite the   dispatch of business in those courts.          (c)  A rule, practice, or procedure made by the supreme court   does not apply in a criminal case unless the rule, practice, or   procedure has been approved by the presiding judge of the court of   criminal appeals.           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.