** REVISION **
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

COMMITTEE:    Homeland Security & Public Safety 

TIME & DATE:  10:30 AM or upon final adjourn./recess or bill referral if permission granted
Thursday, April 15, 2021 

PLACE:       E2.030 
CHAIR:       Rep. James White 

The Committee will meet to hear the following bills, in no particular order, and with a two-minute time limit:

HB 273         Canales | et al.                                       
Relating to the establishment of a pilot program for the issuance of digital identification.

HB 368         Sherman, Sr.                                          
Relating to the issuance of a driver's license to a state legislator or prosecutor that includes an alternative to the license holder's residence address.

HB 882         Hinojosa | et al.                                      
Relating to the unlawful transfer of a firearm; creating a criminal offense.

HB 911         Patterson | et al.                 Posting Rule Suspended
Relating to the issuance of specially marked driver's licenses and personal identification certificates to veterans.

HB 1119        Lucio III                                             
Relating to the establishment of the Texas Uninsured Vehicle Enforcement Program.

HB 1157        Vo                                                    
Relating to hiring and licensing certain veterans as peace officers.

HB 1379        Patterson | et al.                 Posting Rule Suspended
Relating to required notice prohibiting firearms at certain businesses selling or serving alcoholic beverages and the prohibition on carrying certain weapons on those premises.

HB 1400        Swanson | et al.                                       
Relating to the creation of the criminal offense of impersonating a private investigator.

HB 1513        Zwiener                                               
Relating to law enforcement policies prohibiting a peace officer from using less lethal projectiles for the purpose of controlling the activity or movement of a gathering of people.

HB 1938        Jetton | et al.                                        
Relating to a grant program for law enforcement agencies to defray the cost of data storage for recordings created with body worn cameras.

HB 2214        Hefner                                                
Relating to the expiration of a school marshal license issued or renewed by the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement.

HB 2281        Hefner                                                
Relating to the prosecution of the offense of possessing a weapon in certain prohibited places associated with schools or postsecondary educational institutions.

HB 2302        White                                                 
Relating to the creation of the criminal offense of a peace officer making a false statement in an incident report.

HB 2349        Noble | et al.                                         
Relating to vehicle safety inspections of certain travel trailers.

HB 2618        Hernandez                                             
Relating to the exception to disclosure under the public information law of certain personal information contained in a citation issued for a violation of a state traffic law or local traffic ordinance.

HB 2886        Clardy                                                
Relating to the designation of a company representative for purposes of compliance with the Private Security Act.

HB 3017        Wu                                                    
Relating to criminal liability for reporting false information to draw an emergency response; creating an offense.

HB 3075        Coleman                                               
Relating to the collection and reporting of certain information regarding mental health jail diversion.

HB 3251        Thompson, Ed                      Posting Rule Suspended
Relating to the use of unmanned aircraft.

HB 3316        Crockett                                              
Relating to the duties of peace officers investigating a family violence allegation or responding to a disturbance call that may involve family violence.

HB 3452        White                                                 
Relating to granting limited state law enforcement authority to special agents of the Office of Export Enforcement of the United States Department of Commerce.

HB 3671        Johnson, Julie                                         
Relating to the reporting of certain orders and convictions to the Department of Public Safety and Federal Bureau of Investigation for use with the National Instant Criminal Background Check System for the transfer of firearms.

HB 4110        Leach                                                 
Relating to the regulation of metal recycling; increasing a criminal penalty.

HB 4141        White | et al.                                         
Relating to education and training for peace officers on interacting with persons with Alzheimer's disease and other dementias.

HB 4145        Coleman                                               
Relating to criminal justice.

HB 4174        Middleton                         Posting Rule Suspended
Relating to disclosure under the public information law of video evidence of a crime that resulted in the death of a person to the deceased person's next of kin.

HB 4191        Sanford                           Posting Rule Suspended
Relating to the renewal, expiration, and suspension of driver's licenses; increasing a fee.

HB 4259        Morales Shaw                                          
Relating to the provision of information regarding firearm violence and suicide prevention.

HB 4286        King, Ken                                             
Relating to procedures for and the consequences of the dishonorable discharge of certain peace officers; creating a criminal offense.

HB 4346        Leman | et al.                                         
Relating to the possession, carrying, or transportation of a firearm by certain persons during the use of an easement.

HB 4527        King, Phil                                            
Relating to training for peace officers on the laws pertaining to forced abortions.

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=c420

Bills added after last posting:

HB 4191

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