Notice of Public Hearing — House Committee on Trade, Workforce & Economic Development (April 9, 2025)

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Notice of public hearing of the Committee on Trade, Workforce & Economic Development of the House of Representatives, set for 8:00 AM on Wednesday, April 9, 2025, with Rep. Angie Button as chair. The Committee will meet to hear public testimony on listed bills, including HB 74 by Morales, Eddie, relating to the creation of the Puerto Verde Port Authority District, and HB 175 by González, Mary, relating to optional certifications for child-care providers participating in the Texas Rising Star Program. The notice also lists HB 3191 by Button on strategies to increase the availability of and access to child care, and HB 4394 by Moody on the jurisdiction of county attorneys to prosecute the deceptive trade practice of price gouging during a declared disaster. Public testimony may be limited to two minutes.

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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
COMMITTEE: Trade,
 Workforce & Economic Development TIME & DATE: 8:00 AM,
 Wednesday, April 9, 2025 PLACE: E2.014 CHAIR: Rep. Angie Button
The Committee will meet to hear public testimony on the
 following bill(s):
HB 74 Morales,
 Eddie Relating to the creation of the Puerto Verde Port Authority District;
 providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose
 assessments, fees, and taxes; granting a limited power of eminent domain.
HB 175 González,
 Mary Relating to establishing optional certifications for child-care providers
 participating in the Texas Rising Star Program and reimbursement rates for
 those providers.
HB 460 Lopez,
 Ray Relating to a study regarding the cost of child care in this state in
 comparison to family income.
HB 576 Shaheen Relating to the persons authorized or appointed to exercise the power of sale
 under the terms of a contract lien on real property.
HB 2271 Walle Relating to collecting and sharing capacity and enrollment information for
 certain day-care centers.
HB 2294 Thompson Relating to reimbursement rates for child-care providers participating in the
 Texas Rising Star Program.
HB 2874 Lalani Relating to the inclusion of provenance data on content shared on social
 media platforms.
HB 3016 Lujan
 | et al. Relating to the circumstances in which a rental company may void a damage
 waiver for a rental vehicle.
HB 3133 Bhojani Relating to user reports of explicit deep fake material on social media
 platforms.
HB 3191 Button Relating to strategies to increase the availability of and access to child
 care, including the creation of an employer child-care contribution
 partnership program, a child-care innovation pilot program, and a franchise
 tax credit for taxable entities that make certain employer child-care
 contributions; authorizing a civil penalty.
HB 3458 Patterson Relating to the source of dogs and cats sold by pet stores; providing a civil
 penalty.
HB 3929 Lambert Relating to choice of law and assignment or acquisition of claims and demands
 in connection with certificated and uncertificated securities.
HB 4063 Ordaz Relating to the filing and release of record of a unilateral memorandum of
 contract concerning residential property.
HB 4115 Meyer Relating to shareholder proposals submitted to certain domestic corporations.
HB 4394 Moody Relating to the jurisdiction of county attorneys to prosecute the deceptive
 trade practice of price gouging during a declared disaster.
Public testimony may be limited to two 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/
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.

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