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      H.B. No. 1916         AN ACT   relating to the jurisdiction of a court in a suit to divide certain   property not divided or awarded on the dissolution of a marriage.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 9.201, Family Code, is amended by adding   Subsection (c) to read as follows:           (c)     Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter,   the court that rendered a final decree of divorce or annulment or   another final order dividing property under this title retains   continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to render an order under this   subchapter to divide property not divided or awarded to a spouse in   the final decree.          SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies to a   suit to divide property not divided or awarded to a spouse in a   final decree of divorce or annulment that is pending in a trial   court on the effective date of this Act or that is filed on or after   that date.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.       ______________________________ ______________________________      President of the Senate Speaker of the House                   I certify that H.B. No. 1916 was passed by the House on May 8,   2025, by the following vote:  Yeas 139, Nays 0, 3 present, not   voting.     ______________________________   Chief Clerk of the House                 I certify that H.B. No. 1916 was passed by the Senate on May   25, 2025, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.     ______________________________   Secretary of the Senate       APPROVED:  _____________________                      Date                           _____________________                    Governor