SENATE

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

COMMITTEE:     Finance 

TIME & DATE:   9:00 AM, Wednesday, May 14, 2025 

PLACE:         E1.036 (Finance Room) 
CHAIR:         Senator Joan Huffman 

Those wishing to give public testimony, please limit prepared remarks to 2 minutes. If submitting written testimony, please submit 40 copies, with your name on each copy, to the Assistant Clerk during the hearing.

· Oral testimony: fill out a paper witness card and submit to the Assistant Clerk.

· Oral and written testimony: fill out a paper witness card and hold on to your documents until your name is called to the table.

· Position only: register using the Senate kiosk located in the extension hallways or by going to Http://swrs on public-capitol.

· Written testimony only: register your position using the Senate kiosk then bring your 40 copies, with your name on each copy, to the Assistant Clerk, during the hearing.

To consider the following:

SB 524         Campbell               
Relating to the exemption from the franchise tax and certain filing fees for certain businesses owned by veterans.

SB 782         King                   
Relating to a severance tax exemption for oil and gas produced from certain restimulation wells; providing a civil penalty.

HB 42          Wilson | et al.          SP: Huffman
Relating to the amount and allocation of the annual constitutional appropriation to certain agencies and institutions of higher education and to the permissible uses of that money.

HB 1056        Dorazio | et al.         SP: Hughes
Relating to the issuance of gold and silver specie and the establishment of a currency based on gold and silver; authorizing a fee.

HB 2894        Hickland | et al.        SP: Flores
Relating to the provision of state aid to certain local governments disproportionately affected by the granting of ad valorem tax relief to disabled veterans.

HB 3033        Craddick | et al.        SP: King
Relating to a grant program for nonprofit organizations supporting employees of the Department of Public Safety; authorizing voluntary contributions.

HB 3474        Lambert | et al.         SP: Huffman
Relating to the evaluation and reporting of investment practices and performance of certain public retirement systems.

HB 3594        Lujan | et al.           SP: Menéndez
Relating to the administration of a retirement health care plan for firefighters and police officers in certain municipalities.

HB 4738        Geren                   SP: Zaffirini
Relating to the elimination of the remittance of a portion of certain loan administration fees to the comptroller.

HB 5246        Bonnen                  SP: Huffman
Relating to the administration, powers, and duties of the Texas Space Commission, the Texas Aerospace Research and Space Economy Consortium, and other governmental entities and institutions regarding aerospace, aviation, and space exploration initiatives  and to the abolishment of the spaceport trust fund.

The committee may also consider pending business.

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