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

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House of Representatives notice of public hearing of the Committee on Trade, Workforce & Economic Development at 8:00 AM, Wednesday, April 9, 2025, in E2.014, with Rep. Angie Button as Chair. The committee will hear public testimony on bills including HB 74 by Morales, Eddie, relating to the creation of the Puerto Verde Port Authority District, HB 3191 by Button, relating to strategies to increase the availability of and access to child care, and HB 3458 by Patterson, relating to the source of dogs and cats sold by pet stores. 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.




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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/




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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.




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