HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

COMMITTEE:    Trade, Workforce & Economic Development 

TIME & DATE:  8:00 AM, Wednesday, April 9, 2025 

PLACE:        E2.014 
CHAIR:        Rep. Angie Button 

The Committee will meet to hear public testimony on the following bill(s):

HB 74          Morales, Eddie                            
Relating to the creation of the Puerto Verde Port Authority District; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes; granting a limited power of eminent domain.

HB 175         González, Mary                            
Relating to establishing optional certifications for child-care providers participating in the Texas Rising Star Program and reimbursement rates for those providers.

HB 460         Lopez, Ray                                
Relating to a study regarding the cost of child care in this state in comparison to family income.

HB 576         Shaheen                                   
Relating to the persons authorized or appointed to exercise the power of sale under the terms of a contract lien on real property.

HB 2271        Walle                                     
Relating to collecting and sharing capacity and enrollment information for certain day-care centers.

HB 2294        Thompson                                  
Relating to reimbursement rates for child-care providers participating in the Texas Rising Star Program.

HB 2874        Lalani                                    
Relating to the inclusion of provenance data on content shared on social media platforms.

HB 3016        Lujan | et al.                            
Relating to the circumstances in which a rental company may void a damage waiver for a rental vehicle.

HB 3133        Bhojani                                   
Relating to user reports of explicit deep fake material on social media platforms.

HB 3191        Button                                    
Relating to strategies to increase the availability of and access to child care, including the creation of an employer child-care contribution partnership program, a child-care innovation pilot program, and a franchise tax credit for taxable entities that make certain employer child-care contributions; authorizing a civil penalty.

HB 3458        Patterson                                 
Relating to the source of dogs and cats sold by pet stores; providing a civil penalty.

HB 3929        Lambert                                   
Relating to choice of law and assignment or acquisition of claims and demands in connection with certificated and uncertificated securities.

HB 4063        Ordaz                                     
Relating to the filing and release of record of a unilateral memorandum of contract concerning residential property.

HB 4115        Meyer                                     
Relating to shareholder proposals submitted to certain domestic corporations.

HB 4394        Moody                                     
Relating to the jurisdiction of county attorneys to prosecute the deceptive trade practice of price gouging during a declared disaster.

Public testimony may be limited to two minutes.

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=c473

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.