In our March 2024 article, we discussed the 2024 Rules Referendum regarding 12 proposals for changes to the Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct.  As we near the end of the timeframe for the adoption (or rejection) of the proposed new rules, we are providing this update on the status of the Referendum.

In April, more than 17,000 votes were cast in the 2024 Rules Referendum, and state bar members overwhelmingly approved each rule. On May 1, 2024, the State Bar Board of Directors petitioned the Supreme Court of Texas for an order promulgating the proposed rules. On May 6, 2024, the Supreme Court of Texas met and deliberated on the proposed rules, and on June 4, 2024, the Committee on Disciplinary Rules and Referenda sent additional recommended revisions to some of the comments for the rules to the Supreme Court of Texas in response to comments and questions by the…