HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

COMMITTEE:    Licensing & Administrative Procedures 

TIME & DATE:  10:30 AM or upon final adjourn./recess or bill referral if permission granted
Tuesday, April 8, 2025 

PLACE:       E2.016 
CHAIR:       Rep. Dade Phelan 

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

HB 679         Bucy                                                  
Relating to a local option election on the sale of certain alcoholic beverages on Sunday.

HB 1764        Button | et al.                                        
Relating to the practice of accounting in this state by certain certified public accountants licensed in other states.

HB 1788        Hernandez | et al.                                     
Relating to continuing education for barbers and cosmetologists on identifying and assisting victims of sexual assault, domestic violence, and human trafficking.

HB 2186        Hernandez                                             
Relating to the regulation of elevator mechanics, elevator apprentices, and contractors; requiring an occupational registration.

HB 2204        Bumgarner                                             
Relating to the regulation of land surveyors by the Texas Board of Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors.

HB 2418        Harris                                                
Relating to the waiver of certain examination requirements for certain applicants for an engineering license.

HB 2885        Gerdes                                                
Relating to allowing the governing bodies of certain political subdivisions to call for a local option election relating to the sale of alcoholic beverages.

HB 2983        Cook                                                  
Relating to impoundment, storage, and notification fees for vehicles stored at vehicle storage facilities; authorizing fee increases and decreases; requiring the adjustment of authorized fees.

HB 2996        Guillen                                               
Relating to definitions for purposes of gambling criminal offenses and the prosecution of gambling criminal offenses.

HB 3250        Darby                                                 
Relating to the regulation of real estate appraisers and appraisal management companies.

HB 3352        King                                                  
Relating to the inclusion of information about construction or maintenance work zones in the curriculum of driver education and driving safety courses.

HB 3756        Geren | et al.                                         
Relating to the powers of certain nonresident seller's permit holders who also hold a winery permit.

HB 3816        Metcalf                                               
Relating to the prosecution of the criminal offense of cruelty to livestock animals.

HB 3913        Harless                                               
Relating to the licensing and regulation of certain real estate professionals by the Texas Real Estate Commission.

HB 3928        Thompson                                              
Relating to providing notice of a vehicle towed to a vehicle storage facility by publication on a third-party Internet website.

HB 4077        Vasut                                                 
Relating to the sale of spirit coolers by certain alcoholic beverage permittees.

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=c350

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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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.