** REVISION **
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

COMMITTEE:    S/C on Workforce 

TIME & DATE:  8:00 AM, Tuesday, April 15, 2025 

PLACE:       E2.012 
CHAIR:       Rep. Oscar Longoria 

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

HB 446         Flores                                                
Relating to workplace heat illness prevention, including the creation of a heat illness prevention advisory board; imposing administrative penalties; providing a private cause of action.

HB 1609        VanDeaver                                             
Relating to the prohibition of certain employment discrimination regarding an employee who is a volunteer emergency responder.

HB 4443        Bhojani                                               
Relating to the establishment by the Texas Workforce Commission of a pilot program to train workers for careers in energy-efficient technologies.

HB 4464        González, Mary | et al.                                
Relating to removing the requirement of provision of workers' compensation insurance coverage for Texas Task Force 1 members and members of intrastate fire mutual aid system teams and regional incident management teams.

HB 4735        Ashby | et al.                                         
Relating to rural development funds and insurance tax credits for certain investments in those funds; authorizing fees.

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=c477

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 deleted after last posting:

HB 5476

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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.