HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

COMMITTEE:    Elections 

TIME & DATE:  8:00 AM, Thursday, April 8, 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 three (3) minutes.*

HB 2283        King, Phil | et al.                                    
Relating to the funding of and expenditures made by certain bodies governing elections.

HB 3276        Parker                                                
Relating to the security of voted ballots.

HB 1708        White | et al.                                         
Relating to an electronic voting system that produces a voter-verifiable paper record.

HB 3868        Murr                                                  
Relating to the presidential electors of this state.

HB 3281        Paul | et al.                                         
Relating to practices and procedures for an early voting ballot voted by mail.

HB 1314        Hefner                                                
Relating to a requirement that all components of a voting system used in an election in this state be manufactured, stored, and held in the United States by a company headquartered in the United States.

HB 3080        Oliverson | et al.                                     
Relating to unsolicited provision of an application form for a ballot to be voted by mail and to procedures for verification of a ballot voted by mail; creating a criminal offense.

HB 4369        Noble                                                 
Relating to ballots voted by mail.

HB 3297        Allison                                               
Relating to conduct constituting the criminal offense of election fraud; increasing a criminal penalty.

HB 2478        Harris | et al.                                        
Relating to identification requirements for early voting by mail; providing a penalty.

HB 1026        Middleton                                             
Relating to the duties of the secretary of state relating to voter registration.

HB 3107        Clardy                                                
Relating to election practices and procedures.

HB 782         Swanson | et al.                                       
Relating to requirements for certain petitions requesting an election and ballot propositions.

HB 2321        Jetton | et al.                                        
Relating to signature verification on an early voting ballot voted by mail.

HB 2546        Jetton                                                
Relating to the enforcement by the secretary of state of certain voter roll maintenance provisions; creating a criminal offense.

HB 4331        Jetton                                                
Relating to creating criminal offenses; providing a civil penalty for paid vote harvesting.

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

NOTICE OF ASSISTANCE AT PUBLIC MEETINGS

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