** REVISION **
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

COMMITTEE:    Trade, Workforce & Economic Development 

TIME & DATE:  8:00 AM, Wednesday, May 21, 2025 

PLACE:        E2.014 
CHAIR:        Rep. Angie Button 

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

SB 1361        Alvarado | et al.                         
Relating to a disaster recovery loan program for small and micro-businesses.

SB 2105        Blanco | et al.                           
Relating to the authority of a county attorney or district attorney to enforce human trafficking awareness and prevention in commercial lodging establishments.

SB 2637        Johnson | et al.    Posting Rule Suspended
Relating to disclosures about certain automated posts on social media platforms; providing a civil penalty.

SB 2690        Hancock                                   
Relating to solicitations for the retrieval of certain documents from the secretary of state; providing a civil penalty.

SB 2713        Middleton | et al.                        
Relating to preventing discrimination in membership in a professional or trade association.

SB 2881        Hughes | et al.     Posting Rule Suspended
Relating to the access and communications settings for accounts of minor users of digital services.

SCR 38         Creighton | et al.                        
Recognizing the strategic importance of the Gulf of America to the economic and security interests of Texas and the United States.

The Chair may limit testimony to two (2) 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/

Bills added after last posting:

SB 2637

SB 2881

**         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.