HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

COMMITTEE:    Intergovernmental Affairs 

TIME & DATE:  8:00 AM, Tuesday, March 18, 2025 

PLACE:        E2.026 
CHAIR:        Rep. Cecil Bell 

Public testimony will be limited to 3 minutes per witness.

HB 21          Gates                                     
Relating to housing finance corporations; authorizing a fee.

HB 211         Bernal                                    
Relating to the evaluation of applications for certain financial assistance administered by the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs.

HB 223         Capriglione                               
Relating to exemptions to competitive requirements for purchases of certain services by a municipality.

HB 323         Spiller                                   
Relating to requiring political subdivisions of this state to participate in the federal electronic verification of employment authorization program, or E-verify.

HB 524         Tepper                                    
Relating to the review and approval of certain proposed municipal initiatives and referendums.

HB 530         Troxclair                                 
Relating to the authority of a political subdivision to establish and operate a guaranteed income program.

HB 636         Walle                                     
Relating to the implementation of a statewide homeless data sharing network to share real-time data on homelessness.

HB 762         Leach                                     
Relating to severance pay for political subdivision employees and independent contractors.

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=c324

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.