TX HB2624

Creates a new licensed legal paraprofessional occupation in Texas, allowing qualified individuals to provide limited legal services without attorney supervision after completing a one-year probationary period under attorney supervision

Establishes five specialty license categories: family law, estate planning and probate law, consumer debt law, administrative law, and civil law (for cases between $200 and $15,000 in controversy)

Requires applicants to be at least 18 years old, hold a high school diploma, demonstrate good moral character, pass an examination administered by the Board of Law Examiners, and meet one of several qualification pathways including paralegal certification, approved paralegal education program completion, five years of paralegal experience, or a bachelor's degree or higher

Limits family law paraprofessionals to uncontested matters including divorces without minor children or real property transfers, protective order applications, and standard parent-child relationship suits; prohibits advising on qualified domestic relations orders

Restricts services to low-income clients who must sign a self-certification affidavit, and requires paraprofessionals to execute written agreements explaining their non-attorney status and provide clients with a State Bar-approved brochure on reporting concerns