** REVISION **
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

COMMITTEE:    Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence 

TIME & DATE:  8:00 AM, Thursday, May 8, 2025 

PLACE:        JHR 120 
CHAIR:        Rep. Jeff Leach 

 ** MEETING CANCELED **

Public testimony may be limited to three (3) minutes per witness.

SB 53          Zaffirini                                 
Relating to certain notice and filing requirements in court proceedings involving persons with mental illness.

SB 311         Hughes                                    
Relating to the writ power of the Texas Supreme Court.

SB 1164        Zaffirini | et al.                        
Relating to emergency detention of certain persons evidencing mental illness and to court-ordered inpatient and extended mental health services.

SB 1574        Zaffirini | et al.                        
Relating to a centers of excellence program developed by the Texas Judicial Council for certain justices and judges.

SJR 27         Huffman | et al.                          
Proposing a constitutional amendment regarding the membership of the State Commission on Judicial Conduct and the authority of the commission and the Texas Supreme Court to more effectively sanction judges and justices for judicial misconduct.

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=c330

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/

**         See Committee Coordinator for previous versions         **
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.