HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES — NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

COMMITTEE:    Elections 

TIME & DATE:  11:00 AM, Monday, August 3, 2026 

PLACE:       E2.012 
CHAIR:       Rep. Matt Shaheen 

*Public testimony may be limited at the discretion of the chair.*

The House Committee on Elections will meet in a public hearing to hear invited and public testimony on the following interim charges:

Technology in Elections: Study the growing role of new and rapidly evolving technologies in the election process and political communications.

Voter Registration: Study the state's voter registration processes and systems by conducting an inventory of the systems used by counties that are offline and analyzing the impact of supporting multiple software systems across the state. Recommend ways to streamline voter-roll maintenance and improve efficiency. 

Online submission of public comments will be available on the following topics:

Technology in Elections in Texas

Voter Registration Systems in Texas

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=c240

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.