HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

COMMITTEE:    State Affairs 

TIME & DATE:  10:30 AM or upon final adjourn./recess or bill referral if permission granted
Wednesday, May 17, 2023 

PLACE:       JHR 140 
CHAIR:       Rep. Todd Hunter 

SB 114         Menéndez | et al.
Relating to the provision of electricity service in the ERCOT power region.

SB 232         Hinojosa | et al.                                      
Relating to the removal from office of an officer of a political subdivision for commission of certain criminal offenses.

SB 258         Eckhardt | et al.                                      
Relating to energy efficiency goals for electric utilities.

SB 330         Hall | et al.                                         
Relating to the resilience of the electric grid and certain municipalities.

SB 610         Hughes                                                
Relating to an unauthorized vote by a delegate or alternate delegate to a federal Article V convention; creating a criminal offense.

SB 1219        Kolkhorst                                             
Relating to the confidentiality of fraud detection and deterrence and counterterrorism information under the public information law.

SB 1431        Hinojosa                                              
Relating to the confidentiality of certain information for a current or former administrative law judge for the State Office of Administrative Hearings.

SB 1884        Flores | et al.                                        
Relating to identification of and sanctions against certain foreign actors.

SB 1910        Bettencourt | et al.                                   
Relating to access to certain election records under the public information law.

SB 2453        Menéndez | et al.                                      
Relating to certain regulations adopted by governmental entities for the building products, materials, or methods used in the construction of residential or commercial buildings.

SJR 35         Birdwell | et al.                                      
Proposing a constitutional amendment clarifying that a voter must be a United States citizen.

SJR 52         Birdwell | et al.                                      
Extending the deadline for the automatic rescission of certain applications made by the Texas Legislature to the United States Congress to call a national convention under Article V of the United States Constitution for proposing any amendment to that constitution.

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