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, April 22, 2025 

PLACE:       E1.010 
CHAIR:       Rep. Ryan Guillen 

HB 5085        Gervin-Hawkins
Relating to a study on the impact of certain seed banks and seed preservation on access to food and the environment.

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

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NOTICE OF ASSISTANCE AT PUBLIC MEETINGS

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