** REVISION **
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

COMMITTEE:    State Affairs 

TIME & DATE:  8:00 AM, Wednesday, April 23, 2025 

PLACE:       JHR 140 
CHAIR:       Rep. Ken King 

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Public Testimony may be limited to two (2) minutes.

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HB 842         Lalani                                                
Relating to a study and report on burying power lines in the Gulf Coast region.

HB 1907        Paul | et al.                                         
Relating to a prohibition on governmental contracts with Chinese companies for certain information and communications technology; authorizing a civil penalty; creating a criminal offense.

HB 2844        Landgraf                                              
Relating to the regulation of mobile food vendors; requiring an occupational license; imposing fees; authorizing an administrative penalty.

HB 2892        Hernandez                                             
Relating to the prohibited release by a public agency of personal affiliation information regarding the members, supporters, or volunteers of or donors to certain nonprofit organizations; creating a criminal offense.

HB 3439        Guillen                                               
Relating to the powers and duties of the office of the attorney general with respect to certain laws governing the installation and use of tracking equipment and access to certain communications.

HB 3896        Raymond                           Posting Rule Suspended
Relating to the generation of electric power for sale by a water supply or sewer service corporation.

HB 4211        Noble | et al.                                         
Relating to certain residential property interests controlled by certain entities.

HB 4536        Darby                                                 
Relating to notice submitted to state and local contractors of complaints alleging a violation of certain prevailing wage laws.

HB 5111        Darby                                                 
Relating to the regulation of campaign treasurer appointments and related matters and the content of and posting of information contained in a campaign treasurer appointment; providing a civil penalty.

HB 5138        Shaheen | et al.                                       
Relating to the duty of the attorney general to prosecute criminal offenses prescribed by the election laws of this state.

HB 5182        Zwiener                                               
Relating to civil penalties imposed by the Texas Ethics Commission, including the collection of and eligibility for public elective office of persons liable for those penalties.

HB 5247        Geren                                                 
Relating to alternative capital recovery process for certain utilities.

HB 5269        Barry                                                 
Relating to the authority of the Office of Public Utility Counsel to access certain data.

HB 5323        King                                                  
Relating to the creation of the Texas Energy Waste Advisory Committee.

HB 5435        Bell, Keith                                           
Relating to required lease terms for public property leased to a nongovernmental entity.

HJR 201        Zwiener                                               
Proposing a constitutional amendment requiring full payment of civil penalties imposed by the Texas Ethics Commission to be eligible to hold certain public elective offices.

SB 871         Birdwell | et al.                                      
Relating to the authority of the legislature, governor, and certain political subdivisions with respect to disasters and emergencies.

SJR 40         Birdwell | et al.                  Posting Rule Suspended
Proposing a constitutional amendment regarding the powers of the governor, the legislature, and the supreme court following certain disaster or emergency declarations.

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=c450

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/

Bills added after last posting:

HB 3896

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of this notice.

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