Capitol watchers say that the legislative process was designed to kill bills. If so, then May 14 and 15 were slaughter days, taking the lives of many House bills that caused heartburn for lawyers and judges.

Legislative deadlines buried bills that: proposed creating a chancery court system for highly complex business disputes; suggested splitting the Thirteenth Court of Appeals in two to create a new Fifteenth Court of Appeals; prohibited an uninsured driver from collecting exemplary damages from an at-fault driver; and more.

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