HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

COMMITTEE:    Agriculture & Livestock 

TIME & DATE:  2:00 PM or upon final adjourn./recess or bill referral if permission granted
Tuesday, March 11, 2025 

PLACE:       E1.010 
CHAIR:       Rep. Ryan Guillen 

The Committee will hold an public hear to hear invited testimony to discuss matters under the committee's jurisdiction.

The Committee will hear invited testimony from:

Texas Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners

Texas State Soil and Water Conservation Board

Texas A&M Forest Service

Texas A&M Agrilife Extension

Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory

Texas Cattle Feeders Association

Texas Hemp Coalition

Association of Texas Soil and Water Conservation Districts

The committee will also consider and take public testimony on the following bills:

HB 294         Cortez                                                
Relating to the regulation by a municipality or property owners' association of food production on single-family residential lots.

HB 405         Hayes                                                 
Relating to fees on and grants for fuel ethanol, renewable methane, biodiesel, and renewable diesel.

HB 519         González, Mary                                         
Relating to honey production operations and the harvesting and packaging of honey and honeycomb.

The length of public testimony and the number of witnesses may be limited at the discretion of the chair.

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=c020

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 are available here: https://house.texas.gov/committees/public-access-house-committee-meetings/

NOTICE OF ASSISTANCE AT PUBLIC MEETINGS

Persons with disabilities who plan to attend this meeting and who may need assistance, such as a sign language interpreter, are requested to contact Stacey Nicchio at (512) 463-0850, 72 hours prior to the meeting so that appropriate arrangements can be made.