** REVISION **
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

COMMITTEE:    Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs 

TIME & DATE:  10:30 AM or upon final adjourn./recess or bill referral if permission granted
Wednesday, March 12, 2025 

PLACE:       E2.016 
CHAIR:       Rep. Cole Hefner 

The committee will hear invited testimony only from the following Agencies

and Associations:

Texas Parks and Wildlife - Border Operations

Texas Police Chiefs Association

The committee will hear public testimony on the following bills:

HB 214         Guillen                                               
Relating to the prosecution of the criminal offenses of firearm and ammunition smuggling and terrorism.

HB 626         Bell, Cecil                                           
Relating to granting limited state law enforcement authority to certain federal law enforcement officers.

HB 647         Patterson                                             
Relating to the removal of certain restrictions imposed on driver's licenses; authorizing a fee.

HB 658         Tepper                                                
Relating to the carrying of weapons by community supervision and corrections department officers, juvenile probation officers, and certain retired law enforcement officers and to criminal liability for taking a weapon from certain of those officers.

HB 668         Bell, Cecil                                           
Relating to the renewal of a license to carry a handgun.

HB 674         Spiller                                               
Relating to the prosecution and punishment of certain criminal offenses committed in the course of or for the purpose of avoiding certain law enforcement checkpoints or evading an arrest or detention; increasing criminal penalties.

HB 908         Spiller                                               
Relating to the reporting by law enforcement agencies of missing children to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.

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=c308

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/

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of this notice.

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.