** REVISION **
SENATE

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

COMMITTEE:     State Affairs 

TIME & DATE:   12:30 PM or upon adjournment
Monday, May 15, 2023 

PLACE:         Senate Chamber 
CHAIR:         Senator Bryan Hughes 

HB 18          Slawson | et al.         SP: Hughes
Relating to the protection of minors from harmful, deceptive, or unfair trade practices in connection with the use of certain digital services.

HB 891         Spiller | et al.         SP: Bettencourt
Relating to the use of expert testimony in certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship.

HB 4333        Garcia | et al.          SP: Menéndez
Relating to the extension of a family violence pretrial diversion pilot program in Bexar County.

HB 246         Swanson | et al.         SP: Bettencourt
Relating to establishing a pilot program for recording ballot counting activity.

HB 315         Cortez                    SP: Zaffirini
Relating to a statement by the secretary of state regarding the furnishing of certain personal information on an application for a ballot to be voted by mail.

HB 409         Collier                   SP: Zaffirini
Relating to the governance and administration of the Texas Indigent Defense Commission and to certain disclosures made in relation to the provision of funding for indigent defense services.

HB 639         Lozano                    SP: LaMantia
Relating to the number of temporary licenses to conduct bingo issued to certain authorized organizations in a calendar year.

HB 1181        Shaheen | et al.         SP: Paxton
Relating to restricting access to sexual material harmful to minors on an Internet website; providing a civil penalty.

HB 1217        Swanson | et al.         SP: Kolkhorst
Relating to the administration of and procedures relating to early voting by personal appearance.

HB 1243        Hefner | et al.          SP: Hughes
Relating to the penalty for the offense of illegal voting; increasing a criminal penalty.

HB 1423        Campos | et al.          SP: Bettencourt
Relating to the expiration of a protective order when the subject of the protective order is confined or imprisoned.

HB 1696        Buckley | et al.         SP: Hughes
Relating to the relationship between managed care plans and optometrists and therapeutic optometrists.

HB 1817        Capriglione              SP: Hancock
Relating to the validity of a contract for which a disclosure of interested parties is required.

HB 1825        Turner | et al.          SP: Birdwell
Relating to the consumption, possession, and sale of alcoholic beverages at certain performing arts facilities owned by certain school districts.

HB 2291        Slawson | et al.         SP: Birdwell
Relating to the carrying or possession of a handgun by certain retired judges and justices.

HB 2800        Paul | et al.            SP: Paxton
Relating to meetings of a county election board.

HB 2837        Schaefer | et al.        SP: Schwertner
Relating to prohibiting a person or entity from surveilling, reporting, or tracking the purchase of firearms, ammunition, and accessories through the use of certain merchant category codes; imposing a civil penalty.

HB 3372        Thimesch | et al.        SP: Parker
Relating to the reporting of political contributions, including in-kind contributions, and expenditures made using a credit card.

HB 3506        Harris, Caroline | et al.               SP: Hughes
Relating to the removal of certain DNA samples from certain DNA databases.

HB 5180        Wilson | et al.          SP: Hughes
Relating to the public inspection of election records.

Bills added after last posting:

HB 891

HB 4333

** See Committee Coordinator for previous versions of the schedule **

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