HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

COMMITTEE:    Homeland Security & Public Safety 

TIME & DATE:  2:00 PM or upon final adjourn./recess or bill referral if permission granted
Tuesday, March 28, 2023 

PLACE:       E2.012 
CHAIR:       Rep. Ryan Guillen 

HB 71          Canales | et al.
Relating to the establishment of a program for the issuance of digital identification.

HB 278         Cortez                                                
Relating to hiring and licensing certain veterans as peace officers.

HB 570         Raymond                                               
Relating to a study by the Texas Division of Emergency Management of the potential effects of droughts and wildfires in this state.

HB 884         Harless                                               
Relating to granting limited state law enforcement authority to certain federal officers and agents.

HB 892         Burrows | et al.                                       
Relating to a law enforcement agency accreditation grant program.

HB 2838        Burns                                                 
Relating to the exclusion of the operation of certain vehicles from commercial driver's license requirements.

HB 2883        King, Ken                                             
Relating to checkpoints established by the Department of Public Safety at roadways entering this state from New Mexico.

HB 2899        Plesa                                                 
Relating to the impoundment of a vehicle used in the commission of  the offense of racing on a highway.

HB 3290        Guillen | et al.                                       
Relating to the next generation 9-1-1 service fund.

HB 3641        Guillen                                               
Relating to residency requirements for driver's licenses and personal identification certificates.

HB 3643        Guillen                                               
Relating to the issuance of a temporary license by the Department of Public Safety.

HB 3647        Guillen                                               
Relating to the imposition by the Department of Public Safety of administrative and civil consequences for certain criminal convictions.

HB 4528        Wilson                                                
Relating to the requirement that a peace officer take possession of a person's driver's license following the person's failure to pass or refusal to consent to a test for intoxication.

HB 4598        Leach                                                 
Relating to catalytic converters, including criminal conduct involving catalytic converters; providing an administrative penalty; creating a criminal offense; increasing a criminal penalty; increasing a fee.

HB 4642        Guillen                                               
Relating to the State's ability to combat lethal poisonings, creating a criminal offense.

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