** REVISION **
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

COMMITTEE:    Elections 

TIME & DATE:  8:00 AM, Thursday, April 15, 2021 

PLACE:       E2.028 
CHAIR:       Rep. Briscoe Cain 

The order in which bills are heard is at the discretion of the chair.

*Public testimony will be limited to two (2) minutes.*

HB 3302        Landgraf                                              
Relating to the order of names of certain candidates on a ballot.

HB 2602        Paul | et al.                     Posting Rule Suspended
Relating to hours of service by an election watcher.

HB 3566        Cortez                                                
Relating to the ballot application requirements for the election of a precinct chair.

HB 3920        Dean                                                  
Relating to signature verification on an early voting ballot voted by mail; creating a criminal offense.

HB 4251        Toth                              Posting Rule Suspended
Relating to public libraries as voter registration agencies.

HB 3970        Vasut                                                 
Relating to the acceptance and counting of early voting ballots voted by mail.

HB 4498        Cain                                                  
Relating to compliance with the National Voter Registration Act.

HB 4427        González, Jessica                  Posting Rule Suspended
Relating to the powers and duties of the committees and officers of certain political parties regarding the conduct of primary elections.

HB 2149        Clardy                            Posting Rule Suspended
Relating to temporary branch polling places.

HB 895         Swanson | et al.                                       
Relating to the recording of certain personal information of voters by election officials.

HB 1812        Swanson                           Posting Rule Suspended
Relating to filing fees for certain candidates for office in primary elections.

HB 3341        Swanson                                               
Relating to a pilot program for recording activity at a ballot counting station.

HB 3303        Schofield                                             
Relating to the procedure for making any change from any voting standard, practice, or procedure authorized by the Election Code

HB 2059        Bucy                              Posting Rule Suspended
Relating to the date of runoff elections.

HB 2859        Bucy                                                  
Relating to the secretary of state posting on the secretary of state's Internet website databases containing certain information about elections.

HB 2574        Beckley                                               
Relating to the applicability of nepotism prohibitions to the appointment of certain election officers.

HB 740         Fierro                                                
Relating to preferential voting in runoff elections for certain voters voting by mail.

HB 3999        Jetton | et al.                                        
Relating to the powers and duties of a presiding judge and alternate presiding judge in an election.

For those persons who will be testifying, information for in-person

witness registration, can be found here:

https://mytxlegis.capitol.texas.gov/HWRSPublic/About.aspx

A live video broadcast of this hearing will be available here:

https://house.texas.gov/video-audio/

Instructions related to public access to the meeting location and health

and safety protocols for attending this meeting are available here:

https://house.texas.gov/committees/public-access-house-committee-meetings/

Texas residents who wish to electronically submit comments related to

agenda items on this notice without testifying in person can do so until

the hearing is adjourned by visiting:

https://comments.house.texas.gov/home?c=c240

Bills added after last posting:

HB 1812

HB 2059

HB 2149

HB 2602

HB 4251

HB 4427

**         See Committee Coordinator for previous versions         **
of this notice.

NOTICE OF ASSISTANCE AT PUBLIC MEETINGS

Persons with disabilities who plan to attend this meeting and who may need assistance, such as a sign language interpreter, are requested to contact Stacey Nicchio at (512) 463-0850, 72 hours prior to the meeting so that appropriate arrangements can be made.