HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

COMMITTEE:    Elections 

TIME & DATE:  8:00 AM, Wednesday, April 30, 2025 

PLACE:        JHR 120 
CHAIR:        Rep. Matt Shaheen 

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The chair may limit testimony to three (3) minutes per witness.

HB 2139        Simmons                                   
Relating to voting by a voter unable to enter a polling place.

HB 2253        Bhojani                                   
Relating to the authority to cancel certain elections on a measure.

HB 3632        Hayes                                     
Relating to the timely return of a ballot by mail.

HB 4171        Dorazio                                   
Relating to accommodating a voter with a disability.

HB 4309        Bucy | et al.                             
Relating to the filing fee for nomination by convention.

HB 4508        Smithee                                   
Relating to the administration of and procedures relating to early voting by personal appearance.

SB 760         Kolkhorst | et al.                        
Relating to an application for a ballot to be voted by mail submitted by certain residents of an assisted living facility, a nursing facility, or an intermediate care facility.

SB 1470        Hughes | et al.                           
Relating to requiring the Department of Public Safety to share data for the purpose of maintaining the statewide voter registration list.

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=c240

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

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